linux-kernel - Re: cehckpatch config symbol description false positive

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Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:31:55 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: cehckpatch config symbol description false positive

Geert Uytterhoeven schreef op do 02-10-2014 om 21:08 [+0200]:
> When running checkpatch on
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-sh&m=141227657322649&w=2
> I get a false positive about the Kconfig symbol I just introduced, incl. a help
> text:
> 
> WARNING: please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully
> #60: FILE: arch/arm/Kconfig.debug:702:
> + config DEBUG_SCIF

When you add one single line to your help (say, "Bla bla.") the warning
disappears. So you hit this test:
    "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4);

because the paragraph was just three lines. It seems a length of one,
two, or three lines can be OK. It depends. Perhaps the test should just
be:
    [...] && $length);


Paul Bolle

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