linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] checkpatch: Quiet Kconfig help message checking

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:35:55 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] checkpatch: Quiet Kconfig help message checking

Editing Kconfig dependencies can emit unnecessary messages about
missing or too short help entries.

Only emit the message when adding help sections to Kconfig files.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Reported-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Tested-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9795844..2a7a32c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ sub process {
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /.\s*config\s+/) {
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*config\s+/) {
 			my $length = 0;
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
@@ -2064,10 +2064,11 @@ sub process {
 				$is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
 
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
+				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
 
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
 					$length = -1;
 				}
 
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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