linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] checkpatch: relax Kconfig help text line number threshold

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Date:	Fri, 22 Apr 2016 22:32:07 +0800
From:	Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, <srv_heupstream@...iatek.com>,
	Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] checkpatch: relax Kconfig help text line number threshold

Current threshold is too strict and many upstream patch doesn't pass
this test. Relax it.

Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>

---
In v4.6-rc1, 171 new config options was added, and 87 of those options
have < 4 lines and 24 options have only 1 line. After this change,
checkpatch only raise warning when help text only contain 1 line.

Some options try to workaround this check by adding 2 lines
template like 'If you have this device...' which doesn't add value.

---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 403ebbc..4bfb23b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf";
 my $max_line_length = 80;
 my $ignore_perl_version = 0;
 my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
-my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
+my $min_conf_desc_length = 2;
 my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
 my $codespell = 0;
 my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
-- 
1.9.1