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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f2bbea900700..de0f4672cb74 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1382,6 +1382,21 @@ sub process { ERROR("trailing whitespace\n" . $herevet); } +# check for Kconfig help text having a real description + if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && + $line =~ /\+?\s*(---)?help(---)?$/) { + my $length = 0; + for (my $l = $linenr; defined($lines[$l]); $l++) { + my $f = $lines[$l]; + $f =~ s/#.*//; + $f =~ s/^\s+//; + next if ($f =~ /^$/); + last if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/); + $length++; + } + WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4); + } + # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/); |
