Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: use patch subject when reading from stdin

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Joe,

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 8:25 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-10-08 at 20:10 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:02 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2019-10-08 at 17:28 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 5:20 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2019-10-08 at 11:40 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > > > When reading a patch file from standard input, checkpatch calls it "Your
> > > > > > patch", and reports its state as:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     Your patch has style problems, please review.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > or:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     Your patch has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hence when checking multiple patches by piping them to checkpatch, e.g.
> > > > > > when checking patchwork bundles using:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     formail -s scripts/checkpatch.pl < bundle-foo.mbox
> > > > > >
> > > > > > it is difficult to identify which patches need to be reviewed and
> > > > > > improved.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Fix this by replacing "Your patch" by the patch subject, if present.
> > > > > []
> > > > > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > > > []
> > > > > > @@ -1047,6 +1047,10 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
> > > > > >       }
> > > > > >       while (<$FILE>) {
> > > > > >               chomp;
> > > > > > +             if ($vname eq 'Your patch') {
> > > > > > +                     my ($subject) = $_ =~ /^Subject:\s*(.*)/;
> > > > > > +                     $vname = '"' . $subject . '"' if $subject;
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi again Geert.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just some stylistic nits:
> > > > >
> > > > > $filename is not quoted so I think adding quotes
> > > > > before and after $subject may not be useful.
> > > >
> > > > Filename is indeed not quoted, but $git_commits{$filename} is.
> > >
> > > If I understand your use case, this will only show the last
> > > patch $subject of a bundle?
> >
> > False.
>
> Not really false, it's true.  Your use case just
> doesn't submit bundled patches as a single input
> to checkpatch.
>
> > "formail -s scripts/checkpatch.pl < bundle-foo.mbox" splits
> > "bundle-foo.mbox" in separate patches, and invokes
> > "scripts/checkpatch.pl" for each of them.
>
> Never used formail, it seems it was last updated in 2001.
>
> > > Also, it'll show things like "duplicate signature" when multiple
> > > patches are tested in a single bundle.
> >
> > False, due to the splitting by formail.
>
> Again, not false, just not your use.
>
> > > For instance, if I have a git format-patch series in an output
> > > directory and do
> > >
> > > $ cat <output_dir>/*.patch | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > >
> > > Bad output happen.
> >
> > Yeah, because you're concatenating all patches.
> > Currently it works for single patches only.
> >
> > > Maybe this might be better:
> > > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > > @@ -2444,6 +2444,15 @@ sub process {
> > >
> > >                 my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
> > >
> > > +# if input from stdin, report the subject lines if they exist
> > > +               if ($filename eq '-' && !$quiet &&
> > > +                   $rawline =~ /^Subject:\s*(.*)/) {
> > > +                       report("stdin", "STDIN", '-' x length($1));
> > > +                       report("stdin", "STDIN", $1);
> > > +                       report("stdin", "STDIN", '-' x length($1));
> > > +                       %signatures = ();       # avoid duplicate signatures
> > > +               }
> > > +
> > >  # check if it's a mode change, rename or start of a patch
> > >                 if (!$in_commit_log &&
> > >                     ($line =~ /^ mode change [0-7]+ => [0-7]+ \S+\s*$/ ||
> >
> > Perhaps.  Just passing the patchwork bundle to checkpatch, and fixing
> > checkpatch to handle multiple patches in a single file was my first idea.
> > But it looked fragile, with too much state that needs to be reset.
> > I.e. the state is not limited to %signatures.  You also have to reset
> > $author inside process(), and probably a dozen other variables.
> > And make sure that future changes don't forget resetting all newly
> > introduced variables.
> >
> > Hence I settled for the solution using formail.
>
> I still think the patch I suggested is better as it
> functions for other use cases too.

I agree it would be better if checkpatch would handle the splitting in
patches itself, as that would be easier for the user.

However:
  1) That requires getting the state reset right,
  2) Using formail is the classical old UNIX way (combine small tools
     to get the job done ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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