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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2017-05-08 15:55:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-08 17:15:11 -0700 |
| commit | e4b7d3091def85336d838e38dea91be37bd4d1f5 (patch) | |
| tree | 01a34aec4963d3996dd03e8a19c706dc021aa11c /scripts | |
| parent | e795556a581a849bf33b22521bf8ebc97ab899ea (diff) | |
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checkpatch: clarify the EMBEDDED_FUNCTION_NAME message
Try to make the conversion of embedded function names to "%s: ", __func__
a bit clearer.
Add a bit more information to the comment describing the test too.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/38f5d32f0aec1cd98cb9ceeedd6a736cc9a802db.1491759835.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index feb9e856f11d..3e2d9b0fe5a5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5174,14 +5174,16 @@ sub process { "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev); } -#check for an embedded function name in a string when the function is known -# as part of a diff. This does not work for -f --file checking as it -#depends on patch context providing the function name +# check for an embedded function name in a string when the function is known +# This does not work very well for -f --file checking as it depends on patch +# context providing the function name or a single line form for in-file +# function declarations if ($line =~ /^\+.*$String/ && defined($context_function) && - get_quoted_string($line, $rawline) =~ /\b$context_function\b/) { + get_quoted_string($line, $rawline) =~ /\b$context_function\b/ && + length(get_quoted_string($line, $rawline)) != (length($context_function) + 2)) { WARN("EMBEDDED_FUNCTION_NAME", - "Prefer using \"%s\", __func__ to embedded function names\n" . $herecurr); + "Prefer using '\"%s...\", __func__' to using '$context_function', this function's name, in a string\n" . $herecurr); } # check for spaces before a quoted newline |