linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Make scripts executable

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Message-Id: <20140822102701.2D80.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:27:01 +0900
From:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Make scripts executable

Hi Michal,

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:32:56 +0200
Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:

> On 2014-08-21 05:25, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Hi Michal,
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:10:48 +0200
> > Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> > 
> >> The Makefiles call the respective interpreter explicitly, but this makes
> >> it easier to use the scripts manually.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
> > 
> > 
> > I am not sure at all, but
> > it seems scripts/checkpatch.pl has a rule
> > to ban execute permissions.
> 
> I didn't know about this, but the intent of the rule seems to be to
> avoid *.c files with execute permissions.
> 
> 
> > # Check for incorrect file permissions
> >                 if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
> >                         my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
> >                         if ($realfile !~ m@...ipts/@ &&
> >                             $realfile !~ /\.(py|pl|awk|sh)$/) {
> 
> Here it explicitly skips files below scripts/ and files with known
> script suffixes.
> 

OK then. I replied without understanding this code well.
My appologies.


Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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