Current help text check only check a config option if it is followed
by another config.
Adding check for help text if the next entry is menuconfig, choice/
endchoice, comment, menu/endmenu, if/endif, source or end of file.
Change-Id: I9f0b29cebb93df2cadaf77d1027208fd01efd976
Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <[email protected]>
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Hi,
This was sent in Jun 2016[1].
I think we should check every configs for help text.
Please let me know if there's anything need to change.
Thanks
Joe.C
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/24/360
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scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2287a0b..f778702 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2778,6 +2778,12 @@ sub process {
next if ($f =~ /^-/);
last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
+ if ($f !~ /^[+\- ]/) {
+ # End of file
+ $is_end = 1;
+ last;
+ }
+
if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
$is_start = 1;
} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
@@ -2788,7 +2794,7 @@ sub process {
$f =~ s/#.*//;
$f =~ s/^\s+//;
next if ($f =~ /^$/);
- if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/) {
+ if ($f =~ /^(?:config\s|menuconfig\s|choice\s|endchoice\s*$|comment\s|menu\s|endmenu\s*$|if\s|endif\s*$|source\s)/) {
$is_end = 1;
last;
}
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1.7.9.5