From e4b7d3091def85336d838e38dea91be37bd4d1f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 15:55:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 +++++++----- 1 file 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 -- GitLab