linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] Revert "checkpatch: kconfig: prefer 'help' over '---help---'"

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:02:20 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "checkpatch: kconfig: prefer 'help' over '---help---'"

This reverts commit 84af7a6194e493fae312a2b7fa5a3b51f76d9282.

The conversion is done.

Cc: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4c820607540b..1351e052eb99 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3042,11 +3042,7 @@ sub process {
 
 				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:help|---help---)\s*$/) {
-					if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ "---help---") {
-						WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-						     "prefer 'help' over '---help---' for new help texts\n" . $herecurr);
-					}
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
 					$length = -1;
 				}
 
-- 
2.25.1