Re: [PATCH 2/3] checkpatch: warn when Reported-by: is not followed by Link:

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 15.12.22 19:00, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-12-15 at 15:43 +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote:
>> Encourage patch authors to link to reports by issuing a warning, if
>> a Reported-by: is not accompanied by a link to the report.
> 
> Please also expand Documentation/ as appropriate to encourage this too.

Well, I already updated it a few moths ago, but yeah, will revisit the
docs and make it even clearer if needed (I assume that's the case).

>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
>> @@ -3155,6 +3155,20 @@ sub process {
>>  					     "Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: name/email do not match \n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]);
>>  				}
>>  			}
>> +
>> +			# check if Reported-by: is followed by a Link:
>> +			if ($sign_off =~ /^reported-by:$/i) {
>> +				if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
>> +					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
>> +					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Link: to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
>> +				} elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^\s*link:\s*(.*)/i) {
> 
> This capture group isn't necessary and does not guarantee there is
> an actual link.  Also this is allowing spaces before "Link:" when
> the reported-by test above does not allow spaces.  Please be
> consistent.  My preference would be to not allow spaces.

Good idea. FWIW, the section patch 3 changes has a space here as well:
```
> } elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\s*(.*)/i) {
```
Hence I guess I'll remove it as well, unless you for some reason tell me
that's a bad idea.

>> +					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
>> +					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Link: to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
>> +				} elsif ($lines[$linenr] !~ /https?:\/\//i) {
> 
> To make reading the match pattern easier, prefer m{} when the expected
> content uses / instead of using / as a delimiter.

Also a good idea. That being said:

I think I'll drop this check, as your comment made me think: why should
we check for "https?://" here at all? If we want to check that a "Link:"
is followed by a URI, then we should do that all the time, not just in
this single case.

Or am I missing something?

>> +					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
>> +					     "Link: following Reported-by: should contain a URL\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
>> +				}
>> +			}
>>  		}
>>  
>>  # Check Fixes: styles is correct

Ciao, Thorsten