linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: warn for non-standard fixes tag style

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Date:   Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:09:01 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund@...igine.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     oss-drivers@...igine.com, Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        Louis Peens <louis.peens@...igine.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: warn for non-standard fixes tag style

On Thu, 2022-09-08 at 13:43 +0200, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> Add a warning for fixes tags that does not fall in line with the
> standards specified by the community.

Thanks.  Good on you for adding the .rst block too.

This seems OK but maybe:

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -3140,6 +3140,47 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> +# Check Fixes: styles is correct
> +		if (!$in_header_lines && $line =~ /^fixes:?/i) {
> +			my $orig_commit = "";
> +			my $id = "0123456789ab";
> +			my $title = "commit title";
> +			my $tag_case = 1;
> +			my $tag_space = 1;
> +			my $id_length = 1;
> +			my $id_case = 1;
> +			my $title_has_quotes = 0;
> +
> +			if ($line =~ /(fixes:?)\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\s+($balanced_parens)/i) {
> +				my $tag = $1;
> +				$orig_commit = $2;
> +				$title = $3;
> +
> +				$tag_case = 0 if $tag eq "Fixes:";
> +				$tag_space = 0 if ($line =~ /^fixes:? [0-9a-f]{5,} ($balanced_parens)/i);
> +
> +				$id_length = 0 if ($orig_commit =~ /^[0-9a-f]{12}$/i);
> +				$id_case = 0 if ($orig_commit !~ /[A-F]/);
> +
> +				# Always strip leading/trailing parens then double quotes if existing
> +				$title = substr($title, 1, -1);
> +				if ($title =~ /^".*"$/) {
> +					$title = substr($title, 1, -1);
> +					$title_has_quotes = 1;
> +				}
> +			}
> +
> +			($id, $title) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id,
> +							$title);

Maybe add another test for the title being different from the commit.

Something like:

			my ($cid, $ctitle) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $title);

> +
> +			if ($tag_case || $tag_space || $id_length || $id_case ||

			    $ctitle != $title ||

> +			    !$title_has_quotes) {
> +				WARN("BAD_FIXES_TAG",
> +				     "Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: 'Fixes: $id (\"$title\")'\n" . $herecurr);

				     "Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: 'Fixes: $id (\"$ctitle\")'\n" . $herecurr);