linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the i2c tree

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:41:04 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:     Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rayagonda Kokatanur <rayagonda.kokatanur@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the i2c tree

Hi Wolfram,

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:01:30 +0200 Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> wrote:
>
> > This triggered because the "space" after the ":" is a Unicode non-breaking
> > space (U+0x00a0, UTF8 0xc2 0xa0).  I am not sure if this is a problem
> > or not.  This is the forst time I have seen this.  
> 
> Thanks for reporting, I obviously didn't notice. Well, technically,
> commit messages can be UTF8, so not really an error. However, it will
> probably break lots of homebrew scripts, so a checkpatch warning it is,
> then?

Not checkpatch, but my own script that checks some things about Fixes
tags (attached).  Interestingly, my script does allow some other Unicode
things (like matching quotes) ...

> I'll fix it nonetheless.

Thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

Download attachment "check_fixes" of type "application/x-shellscript" (4197 bytes)

Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped