Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Make scripts executable

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Thu Aug 21 2014 - 21:27:19 EST


Hi Michal,

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:32:56 +0200
Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2014-08-21 05:25, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Hi Michal,
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:10:48 +0200
> > Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> The Makefiles call the respective interpreter explicitly, but this makes
> >> it easier to use the scripts manually.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > I am not sure at all, but
> > it seems scripts/checkpatch.pl has a rule
> > to ban execute permissions.
>
> I didn't know about this, but the intent of the rule seems to be to
> avoid *.c files with execute permissions.
>
>
> > # Check for incorrect file permissions
> > if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
> > my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
> > if ($realfile !~ m@scripts/@ &&
> > $realfile !~ /\.(py|pl|awk|sh)$/) {
>
> Here it explicitly skips files below scripts/ and files with known
> script suffixes.
>

OK then. I replied without understanding this code well.
My appologies.


Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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