linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] checkpatch: warn for non-standard fixes tag style

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Date:   Sat, 10 Sep 2022 10:48:58 +0200
From:   "niklas.soderlund@...igine.com" <niklas.soderlund@...igine.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] checkpatch: warn for non-standard fixes tag style

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your feedback.

On 2022-09-09 10:57:10 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> I think it's better to make sure that there is a likely SHA1 of some
> minimum length after the fixes line.
> 
> And a relatively common defect is to have the word "commit" after fixes.
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> Fixes commit 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver").
> Fixes commit a2c60d42d97c ("Add files for new driver - part 16").
> 
> So maybe:
> 
> 	if (!$in_header_lines &&
> 	    $line =~ /^\s*fixes:?\s*(?:commit\s*)?[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i)

I'm sorry I just sent out v6 and missed this comment, which I think is a 
great idea. I will let v6 stew for a day or two in case there is other 
feedback and then spin a v7 with this addressed.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund