linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] checkpatch: use python3 to find codespell dictionary

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Date:   Wed,  9 Mar 2022 13:00:49 -0500
From:   Sagar Patel <sagarmp@...unc.edu>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sagar Patel <sagarmp@...unc.edu>
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: use python3 to find codespell dictionary

Commit 0ee3e7b8893e ("checkpatch: get default codespell dictionary path
from package location") introduced the ability to search for the
codespell dictionary rather than hardcoding its path.

codespell requires Python 3.6 or above, but on some systems, the python
executable is a Python 2.7 interpreter. In this case, searching for the
dictionary fails, subsequently making codespell fail:

No codespell typos will be found - file '/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt': No such file or directory

So, use python3 to remove ambiguity.

In addition, when searching for dictionary.txt, do not check if the
codespell executable exists since,

  - checkpatch.pl only uses dictionary.txt, not the codespell
    executable.
  - codespell can be installed via a Python package manager, in which
    case the codespell executable may not be present in a typical $PATH,
    but a dictionary does exist.

Signed-off-by: Sagar Patel <sagarmp@...unc.edu>
Reviewed-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>
---
Hey,

Changes since v1:
- reword commit message to clarify that the codespell executable is not used,
  and that the executable may not be present in a *typical* $PATH.

---Sagar Patel
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b01c36a15d9d..46302e074b18 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ if ($user_codespellfile) {
 } elsif (!(-f $codespellfile)) {
 	# If /usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt is not present, try to find it
 	# under codespell's install directory: <codespell_root>/data/dictionary.txt
-	if (($codespell || $help) && which("codespell") ne "" && which("python") ne "") {
+	if (($codespell || $help) && which("python3") ne "") {
 		my $python_codespell_dict = << "EOF";
 
 import os.path as op
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ codespell_file = op.join(codespell_dir, 'data', 'dictionary.txt')
 print(codespell_file, end='')
 EOF
 
-		my $codespell_dict = `python -c "$python_codespell_dict" 2> /dev/null`;
+		my $codespell_dict = `python3 -c "$python_codespell_dict" 2> /dev/null`;
 		$codespellfile = $codespell_dict if (-f $codespell_dict);
 	}
 }
-- 
2.25.1