[PATCH] checkpatch: Improve tests for fixes:, long lines and stack dumps in commit log

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Oct 09 2015 - 14:33:54 EST


Including BUG and stack dumps in commit logs makes checkpatch
produce some false positive warning messages.

checkpatch has multiple types of false positives:

o Commit message lines > 75 chars
o Stack dump address are mistaken for git commit IDs
o Link: and Fixes: lines are allowed to be > 75 chars.
o Fixes: style doesn't require ("<commit_description>")
parentheses and double quotes like other uses of
git commit ID and description.

Fix these.

Miscellanea:

o Move the test for checking $commit_log_possible_stack_dump
above the test for a long line commit message
o Add test for hex address surrounded by square or angle brackets

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f2a1131..2d88cbf9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2313,42 +2313,43 @@ sub process {
"Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
}

+# Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump
+ if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+ ($line =~ /^\s*(?:WARNING:|BUG:)/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\s*\[\s*\d+\.\d{6,6}\s*\]/ ||
+ # timestamp
+ $line =~ /^\s*\[\<[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}\>\]/)) {
+ # stack dump address
+ $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 1;
+ }
+
# Check for line lengths > 75 in commit log, warn once
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_long_line &&
- length($line) > 75 &&
- !($line =~ /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_\/\.]+\s+\|\s+\d+/ ||
- # file delta changes
- $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-]+\/)++[\w\.\-]+:/ ||
- # filename then :
- $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:)/i ||
- # A Fixes: or Link: line
- $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
+ length($line) > 75 &&
+ !($line =~ /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_\/\.]+\s+\|\s+\d+/ ||
+ # file delta changes
+ $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-]+\/)++[\w\.\-]+:/ ||
+ # filename then :
+ $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:)/i ||
+ # A Fixes: or Link: line
+ $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
"Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
$commit_log_long_line = 1;
}

-# Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump
- if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
- ($line =~ /^\s*(?:WARNING:|BUG:)/ ||
- $line =~ /^\s*\[\s*\d+\.\d{6,6}\s*\]/ ||
- # timestamp
- $line =~ /^\s*\[\<[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}\>\]/)) {
- # stack dump address
- $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 1;
- }
-
# Reset possible stack dump if a blank line is found
- if ($in_commit_log && $commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
- $line =~ /^\s*$/) {
- $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
- }
+ if ($in_commit_log && $commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+ $line =~ /^\s*$/) {
+ $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
+ }

# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
- if ($in_commit_log &&
+ if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
- ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
- $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {
+ ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
+ $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&
+ $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {
my $init_char = "c";
my $orig_commit = "";
my $short = 1;


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