linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for non-lore mailing list URLs

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Date:   Fri,  1 Apr 2022 15:14:17 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for non-lore mailing list URLs

From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>

The lkml.org, marc.info, spinics.net, etc archives are not quite as useful
as lore.kernel.org because they use different styles, add advertising, and
may disappear in the future.  The lore archives are more consistent and
more likely to stick around, so prefer https://lore.kernel.org URLs when
they exist.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
---

Thanks to Joe for fixing the quoting:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/3e21b6e87e219d6538a193a9021b965fd8180025.camel@perches.com/
Sorry I totally dropped the ball -- I guess I was scared off by fixing the
perl quoting and didn't notice that you actually did it for me ;)

Sample commits for testing with "checkpatch -g":

  bd82d4bd2188 www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg716956.html
  fdec2a9ef853 www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-arm
  1cdca16c043a www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mmc
  48ea02184a9d www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci
  f32ae8a5f131 www.spinics.net/lists/netdev
  b7dca6dd1e59 lkml.org
  265df32eae58 lkml.org/lkml/
  4a9ceb7dbadf marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=155656897409107&w=2.
  c03914b7aa31 marc.info/?l=linux-mm
  f108c887d089 marc.info/?l=linux-netdev
  7424edbb5590 marc.info/?t=156200975600004&r=1&w=2
  dabac6e460ce https://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=152296522708522&w=2
  b02f6a2ef0a1 www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
  5e91bf5ce9b8 lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-snps-arc/2019-May
  3cde818cd02b mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2019-January/144761.html
  a5448fdc469d http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2019-June/024721.html
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 577e02998701..819e0dece5e9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -698,6 +698,17 @@ sub find_standard_signature {
 	return "";
 }
 
+our $obsolete_archives = qr{(?xi:
+	\Qfreedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel\E |
+	\Qlists.infradead.org\E |
+	\Qlkml.org\E |
+	\Qmail-archive.com\E |
+	\Qmailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail\E |
+	\Qmarc.info\E |
+	\Qozlabs.org/pipermail\E |
+	\Qspinics.net\E
+)};
+
 our @typeListMisordered = (
 	qr{char\s+(?:un)?signed},
 	qr{int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?short\s},
@@ -3273,6 +3284,12 @@ sub process {
 			$last_git_commit_id_linenr = $linenr if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s*$/i);
 		}
 
+# Check for mailing list archives other than lore.kernel.org
+		if ($rawline =~ m{\b$obsolete_archives}) {
+			WARN("PREFER_LORE_ARCHIVE",
+			     "Use lore.kernel.org archive links when possible - see https://lore.kernel.org/lists.html\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
 		if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
 		    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
-- 
2.25.1