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Date:   Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:00:15 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Kai Wasserbäch <kai@....carbon-project.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: warn when Reported-by: is not followed
 by Link:

On Fri, 2022-12-09 at 10:54 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 08.12.22 21:21, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2022-12-08 at 20:32 +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote:
[]
> > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > []
> > > @@ -3144,6 +3144,20 @@ sub process {
> > >  					     "Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: name/email do not match \n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]);
> > 
> > I believe this use of '"$here\n" . $rawline . "\n"' to be a defect.
> > I think this should just use $herecurr
> > 
> > And the unnecessary space before a newline is an abomination ;)
> > 
> >   					     "Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: name/email do not match\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr]);
> 
> Well, that's existing code. Want me to add a separate patch that fixes
> both of these aspects up in that area?

Sure, thanks.