[PATCH] checkpatch: Add --fix for CONCATENATED_STRING and STRING_FRAGMENTS

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jun 06 2018 - 19:13:00 EST


Add the ability to --fix these string issues.

e.g.:
printk(KERN_INFO"bar" "baz"QUX);
converts to
printk(KERN_INFO "barbaz" QUX);

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3f936b046213..3b28306dc9d4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5334,15 +5334,28 @@ sub process {
}

# concatenated string without spaces between elements
- if ($line =~ /$String[A-Z_]/ || $line =~ /[A-Za-z0-9_]$String/) {
- CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
- "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
+ if ($line =~ /$String[A-Za-z0-9_]/ || $line =~ /[A-Za-z0-9_]$String/) {
+ if (CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
+ "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ while ($line =~ /($String)/g) {
+ my $extracted_string = substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$extracted_string\E([A-Za-z0-9_])/$extracted_string $1/;
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/([A-Za-z0-9_])\Q$extracted_string\E/$1 $extracted_string/;
+ }
+ }
}

# uncoalesced string fragments
if ($line =~ /$String\s*"/) {
- WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
- "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr);
+ if (WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
+ "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ while ($line =~ /($String)(?=\s*")/g) {
+ my $extracted_string = substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$extracted_string\E\s*"/substr($extracted_string, 0, -1)/e;
+ }
+ }
}

# check for non-standard and hex prefixed decimal printf formats