From 490b292c834c5e72057f4315ef915692cbd6defd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:58:01 -0700 Subject: checkpatch: warn when a patch doesn't have a description Potential patches should have a commit description. Emit a warning when there isn't one. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/else if/elsif/] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1b099f4d8373aa583a17011992676bf0f3f09eee.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Suggested-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b5eade941f4a..25adf9811a2c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2253,6 +2253,7 @@ sub process { my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch my $has_commit_log = 0; #Encountered lines before patch + my $commit_log_lines = 0; #Number of commit log lines my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0; my $commit_log_long_line = 0; my $commit_log_has_diff = 0; @@ -2510,6 +2511,18 @@ sub process { $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0); +# Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate +# 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines + if ($in_commit_log) { + if ($line !~ /^\s*$/) { + $commit_log_lines++; #could be a $signature + } + } elsif ($has_commit_log && $commit_log_lines < 2) { + WARN("COMMIT_MESSAGE", + "Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one\n"); + $commit_log_lines = 2; #warn only once + } + # Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff && (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ && -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151