linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: relax regexp for COMMIT_LOG_LONG

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Message-Id: <20210923143842.2837983-1-jerome@forissier.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:38:42 +0200
From:   Jerome Forissier <jerome@...issier.org>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Jerome Forissier <jerome@...issier.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: relax regexp for COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE

One exceptions to the COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE rule is a file path followed
by :. That is typically some sort diagnostic message from a compiler or
a build tool, in which case we don't want to wrap the lines but keep the
message unmodified.
The regular expression used to match this pattern currently doesn't
accept absolute paths or + characters. This can result in false
positives as in the following (out-of-tree) example:

  ...
  /home/jerome/work/optee_repo_qemu/build/../toolchains/aarch32/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd: /home/jerome/work/toolchains-gcc10.2/aarch32/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/10.2.1/../../../../arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/lib/libstdc++.a(eh_alloc.o): in function `__cxa_allocate_exception':
  /tmp/dgboter/bbs/build03--cen7x86_64/buildbot/cen7x86_64--arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/build/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc:284: undefined reference to `malloc'
  ...

Update the regular expression to match the above paths.

Signed-off-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome@...issier.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c27d2312cfc3..bf2094cb4271 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ sub process {
 		    length($line) > 75 &&
 		    !($line =~ /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_\/\.]+\s+\|\s+\d+/ ||
 					# file delta changes
-		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-]+\/)++[\w\.\-]+:/ ||
+		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-\+]*\/)++[\w\.\-\+]+:/ ||
 					# filename then :
 		      $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:|$signature_tags)/i ||
 					# A Fixes: or Link: line or signature tag line
-- 
2.30.2