linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] checkpatch: Properly warn if Change-Id comes after first Signed-off-by line

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Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:12:08 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] checkpatch: Properly warn if Change-Id comes after
 first Signed-off-by line

On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 23:58 +0000, John Stultz wrote:
> Quite often, the Change-Id may be between Signed-off-by: lines or
> at the end of them. Unfortunately checkpatch won't catch these
> cases as it disables in_commit_log when it catches the first
> Signed-off-by line.
> 
> This has bitten me many many times.

Hmm.  When is change-id used in your workflow?

> I suspect this patch will break other use cases, so it probably
> shouldn't be merged, but I wanted to share it just to help
> illustrate the problem.
> 
> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>

Yes, I expect this will break things.

And it's probably better to not add a Signed-off-by: when
you intend this not to be merged.

> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index a63380c6b0d2..a55340a9e3ea 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2609,7 +2609,8 @@ sub process {
>  # Check the patch for a signoff:
>  		if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) {
>  			$signoff++;
> -			$in_commit_log = 0;
> +			#Disabling in_commit_log here breaks Change-Id checking in some cases
> +			#$in_commit_log = 0;
>  			if ($author ne '') {
>  				my $l = $line;
>  				$l =~ s/"//g;