[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add fix option for MAINTAINERS_STYLE

Lukas Bulwahn lukas.bulwahn at gmail.com
Sun Nov 15 20:12:09 UTC 2020


On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 6:19 PM Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Checkpatch expects entries in MAINTAINERS file in a specific order and
> warns if the changes made do not follow the specified order.
>
> E.g., running checkpatch on commit 6f736909f0a4 ("MAINTAINERS: Add
> patchwork link for PWM entry") reports this warning:
>
> WARNING: Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list 'Q:' before 'T:'
>  T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thierry.reding/linux-pwm.git
> +Q:     https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pwm/list/
>
> Provide a simple fix by swapping the unordered lines
>


Looks good to me.

Lukas

> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421 at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> modified commit message
>
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 17 +++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 2749f32dffe9..c9aaaa443265 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3299,13 +3299,22 @@ sub process {
>                                              "Unknown MAINTAINERS entry type: '$cur'\n" . $herecurr);
>                                 } else {
>                                         if ($previndex >= 0 && $curindex < $previndex) {
> -                                               WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
> -                                                    "Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list '$cur:' before '$prev:'\n" . $hereprev);
> +                                               if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
> +                                                        "Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list '$cur:' before '$prev:'\n" . $hereprev) &&
> +                                                   $fix) {
> +                                                       # swap these lines
> +                                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr - 1] = $rawline;
> +                                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] = $prevrawline;
> +                                               }
>                                         } elsif ((($prev eq 'F' && $cur eq 'F') ||
>                                                   ($prev eq 'X' && $cur eq 'X')) &&
>                                                  ($prevval cmp $curval) > 0) {
> -                                               WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
> -                                                    "Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order\n" . $hereprev);
> +                                               if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
> +                                                        "Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order\n" . $hereprev) &&
> +                                                   $fix) {
> +                                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr - 1] = $rawline;
> +                                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] = $prevrawline;
> +                                               }
>                                         }
>                                 }
>                         }
> --
> 2.17.1
>


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