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Message-ID: <2f96048b-c580-625f-6fc7-06237292efe3@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:25:26 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
To:     Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Kai Wasserbäch <kai@....carbon-project.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] checkpatch: allow Closes tags with links

On 24.03.23 19:52, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> As a follow-up of the previous patch modifying the documentation to
> allow using the "Closes:" tag, checkpatch.pl is updated accordingly.
> 
> checkpatch.pl now mentions the "Closes:" tag between brackets to express
> the fact it should be used only if it makes sense.
> 
> While at it, checkpatch.pl will not complain if the "Closes" tag is used
> with a "long" line, similar to what is done with the "Link" tag.
> 
> [...]
>  
> -# check if Reported-by: is followed by a Link:
> +# check if Reported-by: is followed by a Link: (or Closes:) tag

Small detail: why the parenthesis here? Why no simply "check if
Reported-by: is followed by a either Link: or Closes: tag". Same below...

>  			if ($sign_off =~ /^reported(?:|-and-tested)-by:$/i) {
>  				if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
>  					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
> -					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Link: to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
> -				} elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ m{^link:\s*https?://}i) {
> +					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Link: (or Closes:) to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");

...here, where users actually get to see this and might wonder why it's
written like that, without getting any answer.

Ciao, Thorsten

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