linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/checktransupdate.py: add support for scanning directory

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Message-ID: <cbd31e8c-4e73-42f6-bb16-ed44091a353c@hust.edu.cn>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:35:02 +0800
From: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
 Haoyang LIU <tttturtleruss@...il.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
 Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@...il.com>,
 Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
 hust-os-kernel-patches@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/checktransupdate.py: add support for scanning
 directory


On 8/11/25 3:18 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:17:30AM +0800, Haoyang LIU wrote:
>>   
>>   import os
>> @@ -131,7 +144,7 @@ def check_per_file(file_path):
>>       opath = get_origin_path(file_path)
>>   
>>       if not os.path.isfile(opath):
>> -        logging.error("Cannot find the origin path for {file_path}")
>> +        logging.error(f"Cannot find the origin path for {file_path}")
> Send this as a separate patch with a Fixes tag.
> Fixes: 63e96ce050e5 ("scripts: fix all issues reported by pylint")
>
> Ideally, pylint should be modified to complain about this or something...
> I have a script for kernel patches which checks these kinds of mechanical
> changes and someone could make a similar script which checks pylint
> changes.  https://github.com/error27/rename_rev

Yes, this seems really wired. We have a project - Linux Kernel Patch 
Statistic among Universities[1]. In one PR[2], Haoyang also found a 
quote string issue.

Interestingly, this PR is trying to fix issues raised by pylint.


[1] https://github.com/hust-open-atom-club/linux-edu-rank

[2] https://github.com/hust-open-atom-club/linux-edu-rank/pull/45


>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>