linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for line space after "Fixes:" tag

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Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 17:31:32 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Shradha Todi <shradha.t@...sung.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        apw@...onical.com, pankaj.dubey@...sung.com,
        Lakshay Mehra <l.mehra@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for line space after "Fixes:" tag

On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 12:27, Shradha Todi <shradha.t@...sung.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for line space after
> "Fixes:" tag
> >
> > On Thu, 2021-01-28 at 20:56 +0530, Shradha Todi wrote:
> > > Add a check to give warning for line break between Fixes tag
> > > and signature tags as that is the commonly followed style.
> > >
> > > Also add a --fix option to delete space lines after "Fixes:" tag.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lakshay Mehra <l.mehra@...sung.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Shradha Todi <shradha.t@...sung.com>
> > > ---
> > >  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > index 92e888e..6c144c5 100755
> > > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > @@ -3027,6 +3027,15 @@ sub process {
> > >                     $commit_log_long_line = 1;
> > >             }
> > >
> > >
> > > +# Check for no line break after Fixes
> > > +           if ($line =~ /^\s*Fixes:/i && $rawlines[$linenr] =~
> /^\s*$/) {
> > > +                   if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_NEWLINE",
> > > +                            "Newline is not required after Fixes:\n" .
> > $herecurr) &&
> > > +                       $fix) {
> > > +                           fix_delete_line($fixlinenr+1, $rawline);
> > > +                   }
> > > +           }
> >
> > I think this isn't necessary and $rawlines[$linenr] may be not exist.
> >
>
> I recently submitted a patch with the fixes tag followed by a line break
> and then SOB.
> I received a comment saying "no line space between Fixes and SOB" [1].
> So my intention of adding this was to save the maintainers time from these
> silly mistakes.
> Any suggestions for improving this patch? Thanks a ton for the prompt
> review.

Hi,

Thanks for your submission. Suggestion is: do not ping too early, give
around 2 weeks for review. If nothing happens after two weeks, resend
or ping.

Best regards,
Krzysztof