[PATCH 0/2] checkpatch tweaks

[PATCH 0/2] checkpatch tweaks

[Jim Cromie]

2 small changes:
  . silence extern in .c warning if sym is present in vmlinux.lds.h
  . warn about >75 chars 1st, since thats the actual test.

Jim Cromie (2):
  checkpatch: special case extern struct in .c
  checkpatch: reword long-line warning about commit-msg

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: special case extern struct in .c

[Jim Cromie]

"externs should be avoided in .c files" needs an exception for linker
symbols, like those that mark the start, stop of many kernel sections.

Since checkpatch already checks REALNAME to avoid looking at fragments
changing vmlinux.lds.h, add a new else-if block to look at them
instead.  As a simple heuristic, treat all words (in the patch-line)
as possible symbols, to screen later warnings.

For my test case, the possible-symbols included BOUNDED_BY (a macro),
which is extra, but not troublesome - these are just to screen
WARNINGS that might be issued on later fragments (changing .c files)

Where the WARN is issued, precede it with an else-if block to catch
one common extern-in-c use case: "extern struct foo bar[]".  Here we
can at least issue a softer warning, after checking for a match with a
maybe-linker-symbol parsed earlier from the patch.

Though heuristic, it worked for my test-case, allowing both start__,
stop__ $symbol's (wo the prefixes specifically named).  I've coded it
narrowly, it can be expanded later to cover any other expressions.

It does require that the externs in .c's have the additions to
vmlinux.lds.h in the same patch.  And requires vmlinux.lds.h before .c
fragments.

Cc: apw@canonical.com
Cc: joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 880fde13d9b8..6aabcc1f66c1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git';
 my $tabsize = 8;
 my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_";
 
+my %maybe_linker_symbol; # for externs in c exceptions, when seen in *vmlinux.lds.h
+
 sub help {
 	my ($exitcode) = @_;
 
@@ -6051,6 +6053,9 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm
 
+		} elsif ($realfile =~ m@/vmlinux.lds.h$@) {
+		    $line =~ s/(\w+)/$maybe_linker_symbol{$1}++/ge;
+		    #print "REAL: $realfile\nln: $line\nkeys:", sort keys %maybe_linker_symbol;
 		} else {
 			if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
 			    $line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ &&		# preprocessor
@@ -7119,6 +7124,21 @@ sub process {
 				     "arguments for function declarations should follow identifier\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 
+		} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+extern struct\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)\[\];/)
+		{
+			my ($st_type, $st_name) = ($1, $2);
+
+			for my $s (keys %maybe_linker_symbol) {
+			    #print "Linker symbol? $st_name : $s\n";
+			    goto LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL
+				if $st_name =~ /$s/;
+			}
+			WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
+			     "found a file-scoped extern type:$st_type name:$st_name in .c file\n"
+			     . "is this a linker symbol ?\n" . $herecurr);
+		  LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL:
+
 		} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
 		    $stat =~ /^.\s*extern\s+/)
 		{
-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: reword long-line warning about commit-msg

[Jim Cromie]

Reword the warning to complain about line length 1st, since thats
whats actually tested.

Cc: apw@canonical.com
Cc: joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6aabcc1f66c1..6e789dc07420 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ sub process {
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
-			     "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
+			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
 			$commit_log_long_line = 1;
 		}
 
-- 
2.41.0

[PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: reword long-line warning about commit-msg

[Jim Cromie]

The COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE warning complains about:
 1- possible unwrapped commit description
 2- line too long

The actual test is #2, so reword it to say that 1st.
This could reduce potential confusion for newbie users.

Cc: apw@canonical.com
Cc: joe@perches.com
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6aabcc1f66c1..6e789dc07420 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ sub process {
 					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
 		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
 			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
-			     "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
+			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
 			$commit_log_long_line = 1;
 		}
 
-- 
2.41.0

Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: reword long-line warning about commit-msg

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2023-09-07 at 11:45 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
> The COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE warning complains about:
>  1- possible unwrapped commit description
>  2- line too long
> 
> The actual test is #2, so reword it to say that 1st.
> This could reduce potential confusion for newbie users.

I don't see this as valuable.

> 
> Cc: apw@canonical.com
> Cc: joe@perches.com
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 6aabcc1f66c1..6e789dc07420 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ sub process {
>  					# A Fixes:, link or signature tag line
>  		      $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
>  			WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
> -			     "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
> +			     "Prefer a maximum 75 chars per line (possible unwrapped commit description?)\n" . $herecurr);
>  			$commit_log_long_line = 1;
>  		}
>