linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: make the config description warning more explicit

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 15:02:17 +0200
From:	Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: make the config description warning more explicit

checkpatch.pl currently warns if Kconfig options are properly
described by checking the length of the config description.

This patch is an attempt to make the message less cryptic.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8fc9edd..9afc06f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 			if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
 				WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-				     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
+				     "description is too short ($length lines), please write at least $min_conf_desc_length lines to describe the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
-- 
2.1.4