linux-kernel - Re: [patch v4] checkpatch: Signature format verification

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Message-ID: <1306523288.31864.29.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 12:08:08 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Manish Kumar Singh <man.k1983@...il.com>
Cc:	anish <anish198519851985@...il.com>, davej@...hat.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, apw@...dowen.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	vapier@...too.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v4] checkpatch: Signature format verification

On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 00:28 +0530, Manish Kumar Singh wrote:
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
[]
>         8 bit chars, digits?
> What is 8 bit char...could you describe it?

An ascii char with the high order bit set.
Any char from 128 to 255.

[]

>         For the 3rd time, please use this form:
>                if ($line =~ /^(\s*)($ValidSignatures)(\s*)(.*)$/i) {
>         and if you really want email format validation,
>         use a separate function.

[]

> Problem with your way of doing is if anyone misses space between
> "sign" & name,
> the regular expression (/^(\s*)($ValidSignatures)(\s*)(.*)$/i )
> doesn't match

That's incorrect.  Try it.


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