linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] checkpatch: ignore deleted lines for comment context

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Message-Id: <20240109002536.56695-1-adilger@dilger.ca>
Date: Mon,  8 Jan 2024 17:25:36 -0700
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: ignore deleted lines for comment context

Don't consider lines being removed by a patch as part of the context.
Otherwise, false "WARNING: memory barrier without comment" and similar
warnings can be reported when a comment exists on the previous line.

For example, a change like below was previously incorrectly flagged:

	/* matched by smp_store_release() in some_function() */
 -	if (smp_load_acquire(&list->tail) == head))
 +	if (smp_load_acquire(&list->tail) == head) && flags == 0)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
---
  V1 -> V2: don't include extra debugging in 'warn' line

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 25fdb7fda112..316a65354718 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1973,6 +1973,7 @@ sub ctx_locate_comment {
 	for (my $linenr = $first_line; $linenr < $end_line; $linenr++) {
 		my $line = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
 		#warn "           $line\n";
+		next if ($line =~ /^-/); # ignore lines removed by patch
 		if ($linenr == $first_line and $line =~ m@^.\s*\*@) {
 			$in_comment = 1;
 		}
-- 
2.25.1