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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:20:12 -0800 From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> To: Nicolai Fischer <nicolai.fischer@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: apw@...onical.com, johannes.czekay@....de, linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] checkpatch: rewrite Kconfig parsing On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 15:24 +0100, Nicolai Fischer wrote: > We understand that checkpatch may not be the ideal place for all of these checks. So please work on an ideal thing. > However the current implementation has some problems we would like to fix. > Would you be interested in a patch series addressing just the check for the number of lines? > Specifically: > 1) > > > > > > > > I believe all the '---help---' lines have been converted to just 'help' > > > so the '(?:---)?' bits here could be removed. > > > > Yes. > > > 2) add string, hex and int types to the $is_start regex sure > 3) improve the help message to include the number of present and expected lines no. The concept of a required paragraph is still dubious. > 4) Warn if help text is not followed by a blank line or endif How often is it now not followed by a blank line or endif?
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