Potential patches should have a commit description. Emit a warning when there isn't one.
Suggested-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b5c875d7132b..8b5f3dae31c9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2240,6 +2240,7 @@ sub process { my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch my $has_commit_log = 0; #Encountered lines before patch + my $commit_log_lines = 0; #Number of commit log lines my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0; my $commit_log_long_line = 0; my $commit_log_has_diff = 0; @@ -2497,6 +2498,18 @@ sub process { $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0); +# Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate +# 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines + if ($in_commit_log) { + if ($line !~ /^\s*$/) { + $commit_log_lines++; #could be a $signature + } + } else if ($has_commit_log && $commit_log_lines < 2) { + WARN("COMMIT_MESSAGE", + "Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one\n"); + $commit_log_lines = 2; #warn only once + } + # Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff && (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ &&
