From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB84C433E7 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99F96206CB for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:03 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 99F96206CB Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A61A869FE; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qCD+E-tD3n-i; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.linuxfoundation.org (lf-lists.osuosl.org [140.211.9.56]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285848699B; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lf-lists.osuosl.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112B9C0052; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CDFC0051 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 601B7869DA for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:26:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zNrG-R5JmD7x for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:25:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from smtprelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0043.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.43]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 613B88699B for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtprelay.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by smtpgrave08.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17ED51800A012 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A0E100E7B40; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:08:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: rest16_26084c1271fb X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2325 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.133.149]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf15.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:08:25 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: From: Joe Perches To: Ujjwal Kumar , Lukas Bulwahn Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:08:24 -0700 In-Reply-To: <5a3fc45f-e5d7-da3d-4b4b-2a23512ff8de@gmail.com> References: <20201012054943.1196031-1-ujjwalkumar0501@gmail.com> <63053585d41ff81cdaad6cb727eb83d81207041a.camel@perches.com> <5a3fc45f-e5d7-da3d-4b4b-2a23512ff8de@gmail.com> User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.4-0ubuntu1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [RFC PATCH] checkpatch: add shebang check to EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS X-BeenThere: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-kernel-mentees-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sender: "Linux-kernel-mentees" On Mon, 2020-10-12 at 19:22 +0530, Ujjwal Kumar wrote: > On 12/10/20 11:47 am, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-10-12 at 11:19 +0530, Ujjwal Kumar wrote: > > > checkpatch.pl checks for invalid EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS on source > > > files. The script leverages filename extensions and its path in > > > the repository to decide whether to allow execute permissions on > > > the file or not. > > > > > > Based on current check conditions, a perl script file having > > > execute permissions, without '.pl' extension in its filename > > > and not belonging to 'scripts/' directory is reported as ERROR > > > which is a false-positive. > > > > > > Adding a shebang check along with current conditions will make > > > the check more generalised and improve checkpatch reports. > > > To do so, without breaking the core design decision of checkpatch, > > > we can fetch the first line from the patch itself and match it for > > > a shebang pattern. > > > > > > There can be cases where the first line is not part of the patch. > > > > For instance: a patch that only changes permissions > > without changing any of the file content. Please add verbiage like this to the commit message. > Should these new changes go as a separate patch or can they be > included in the next iteration of this patch? V2 please. _______________________________________________ Linux-kernel-mentees mailing list Linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-kernel-mentees