On Sat, 2020-11-07 at 03:15 +0530, Dwaipayan Ray wrote: > checkpatch doesn't report warnings for many common mistakes > in emails. Some of which are trailing commas and incorrect > use of email comments.
Assuming it all works, this looks good. I haven't tested it. How did you test the $fix bits? Trivial notes: > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl [] > + # [email protected] or [email protected] > shouldn't > + # have an email name. In addition commments > should strictly > + # begin with a # > + if ($email =~ > /^.*stable\@(?:vger\.)?kernel\.org/) { Likely better to test with a case insensitive match so [email protected] and such are still warned. if ($email =~ /\bstable\@(?:vger\.)?kernel\.org\b/i) { > + if ($sign_off =~ /cc:$/i && (($comment > ne "" && $comment !~ /^#.+/) || > + ($email_name ne ""))) { || $sign_off !~ /^cc:/i ? > + my $cur_name = $email_name; > + my $new_comment = $comment; > + > + $cur_name =~ > s/[a-zA-Z\s\-\"]+//g; > + $new_comment =~ > s/^[\s\#\(\[]+|[\s\)\]]+$//g; > + $new_comment = > trim("$new_comment $cur_name") if $cur_name ne $new_comment; > + $new_comment = " # > $new_comment" if length($new_comment) > 0; > + my $new_email = > "$email_address$new_comment"; > + > + if (WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", > + "Invalid email format for > stable: '$email', prefer '$new_email'\n" . $herecurr) && These message lines should be aligned to the next open parenthesis (7 tabs, 1 space) > + $fix) { > + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ > s/\Q$email\E/$new_email/; > + } As a cc to stable isn't a sign-off, perhaps this should be a different "BAD_<FOO>" like "BAD_STABLE_ADDRESS_STYLE" or such. > + } > + } else { elsif ? > + if ($comment ne "" && $comment !~ > /^(?:#.+|\(.+\))$/) { > + if (WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", > + "Unexpected content after > email: '$email'\n" . $herecurr) && 7 tabs, 1 space > + $fix) { > + my $new_comment = > $comment; > + $new_comment =~ > s/^(?:\/\*|\.|\,)//g; > + $new_comment =~ > s/^[\s\{\[]+|[\s\}\]]+$//g; > + $new_comment = " > ($new_comment)" if length($new_comment) > 0; > + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ > s/\s*\Q$comment\E$/$new_comment/; > + } > + } > } > } > >

