Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Emit a warning on embedded filenames

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:28:10 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Embedding the complete filename path inside the file
> isn't particularly useful as often the path is moved
> around and becomes incorrect.
> 
> Emit a warning when the source contains the filename.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3273,6 +3273,12 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> +# check for embedded filenames
> +		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\Q$realfile\E/) { di
> +			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
> +			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +

I removed that " di".  Please check that I merged the correct version
of this!