The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: check git commit descriptions has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-check-git-commit-descriptions.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: check git commit descriptions On Mon, 2014-06-02 at 13:49 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 19:54:13 +0800 Chen Yucong <slaoub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >From commit ebc2a1a69111, we can find that all SWP_SOLIDSTATE "seek is cheap"(SSD case) > > grr. I spend a lot of time (well, a bit of time) looking up git commit > IDs and converting them into canonical form > > ebc2a1a69111 ("swap: make cluster allocation per-cpu") > > I wonder if there's a way of teaching checkpatch to do this. Would > need some heuristic to detect a hex string, and some way of avoiding > all the other hex strings which appear in changelogs. > > Doesn't sound feasible now I think about it. Maybe some check like --- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) index 7774025..e31d0c4 100755 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-git-commit-descriptions scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-git-commit-descriptions +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1956,6 +1956,14 @@ sub process { "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for improperly formed commit descriptions + if ($in_commit_log && + $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}/i && + $line !~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]{12,16} \("/) { + ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID", + "Please use 12-16 chars for the git commit IDs like 'commit 0123456789ab (\"commit description\"\)'\n" . $herecurr); + } + # Check for wrappage within a valid hunk of the file if ($realcnt != 0 && $line !~ m{^(?:\+|-| |\\ No newline|$)}) { ERROR("CORRUPTED_PATCH", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are fs-squashfs-file_directc-replace-countsize-kmalloc-by-kmalloc_array.patch fs-asus_atk0110-fix-define_simple_attribute-semicolon-definition-and-use.patch printk-make-dynamic-kernel-ring-buffer-alignment-explicit.patch printk-move-power-of-2-practice-of-ring-buffer-size-to-a-helper.patch printk-make-dynamic-units-clear-for-the-kernel-ring-buffer.patch printk-allow-increasing-the-ring-buffer-depending-on-the-number-of-cpus.patch printk-tweak-do_syslog-to-match-comments.patch maintainers-remove-two-ancient-eata-sections.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch kernelh-remove-deprecated-pack_hex_byte.patch checkpatch-attempt-to-find-unnecessary-out-of-memory-messages.patch checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-else-after-return-or-break.patch checkpatch-fix-complex-macro-false-positive-for-escaped-constant-char.patch checkpatch-fix-function-pointers-in-blank-line-needed-after-declarations-test.patch checkpatch-ignore-email-headers-better.patch checkpatchpl-also-suggest-else-if-when-if-follows-brace.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-blank-lines-after-function-struct-union-enum.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-blank-lines-after-function-struct-union-enum-declarations.patch checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch checkpatch-change-blank-line-after-declaration-type-to-line_spacing.patch checkpatch-quiet-kconfig-help-message-checking.patch checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-parentheses-around-references-of-foo-bar.patch checkpatch-allow-multiple-const-types.patch checkpatch-improve-no-space-after-cast-test.patch checkpatch-emit-fewer-kmalloc_array-kcalloc-conversion-warnings.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-commit-id-formatting-style-in-commit-log.patch fs-isofs-logging-clean-up.patch proc-constify-seq_operations.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table-fix.patch adfs-add-__printf-verification-fix-format-argument-mismatches.patch fs-qnx6-convert-printk-to-pr_foo.patch fs-qnx6-use-pr_fmt-and-__func__-in-logging.patch fs-qnx6-update-debugging-to-current-functions.patch scripts-coccinelle-free-add-null-test-before-freeing-functions.patch linux-next.patch pci-dma-compat-add-pci_zalloc_consistent-helper.patch atm-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch block-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch crypto-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch infiniband-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch i810-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch media-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch amd-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch atl1e-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch enic-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch sky2-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch micrel-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch qlogic-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch irda-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch ipw2100-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch mwl8k-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch rtl818x-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch rtlwifi-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch scsi-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch staging-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch synclink_gt-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch vme-bridges-use-pci_zalloc_consistent.patch amd-neaten-and-remove-unnecessary-oom-messages.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html