[PATCH] checkpatch: Validate signature styles and To: and Cc: lines

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jun 08 2011 - 15:12:59 EST


Signatures have many forms and can sometimes cause problems
if not in the correct format when using git send-email or quilt.

Try to verify the signature tags and email addresses to use
the generally accepted "Signed-off-by: Full Name <email@xxxxxxxxxx>"
form.

Original-idea-by: anish kumar <anish198519851985@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

V2: Better email address validation.
Don't complain about git-send-email "cc:" or "to:" email header lines
Tested with all the patch descriptions in git.
Seems to work well.

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8657f99..ab65a16 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
MODULE_[A-Z_]+
)};

+our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
+ Signed-off-by:|
+ Acked-by:|
+ Tested-by:|
+ Reviewed-by:|
+ Reported-by:|
+ To:|
+ Cc:
+)};
+
our @typeList = (
qr{void},
qr{(?:unsigned\s+)?char},
@@ -341,6 +351,76 @@ sub top_of_kernel_tree {
return 1;
}

+sub parse_email {
+ my ($formatted_email) = @_;
+
+ my $name = "";
+ my $address = "";
+ my $comment = "";
+
+ if ($formatted_email =~ /^(.*)<(\S+\@\S+)>(.*)$/) {
+ $name = $1;
+ $address = $2;
+ $comment = $3 if defined $3;
+ } elsif ($formatted_email =~ /^\s*<(\S+\@\S+)>(.*)$/) {
+ $address = $1;
+ $comment = $2 if defined $2;
+ } elsif ($formatted_email =~ /(\S+\@\S+)(.*)$/) {
+ $address = $1;
+ $comment = $2 if defined $2;
+ $formatted_email =~ s/$address.*$//;
+ $name = $formatted_email;
+ $name =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
+ # If there's a name left after stripping spaces and
+ # leading quotes, and the address doesn't have both
+ # leading and trailing angle brackets, the address
+ # is invalid. ie:
+ # "joe smith joe@xxxxxxxxx" bad
+ # "joe smith <joe@xxxxxxxxx" bad
+ if ($name ne "" && $address !~ /^<[^>]+>$/) {
+ $name = "";
+ $address = "";
+ $comment = "";
+ }
+ }
+
+ $name =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
+ $address =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $address =~ s/^\<|\>$//g;
+
+ if ($name =~ /[^\w \-]/i) { ##has "must quote" chars
+ $name =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\"/g; ##escape quotes
+ $name = "\"$name\"";
+ }
+
+ return ($name, $address, $comment);
+}
+
+sub format_email {
+ my ($name, $address) = @_;
+
+ my $formatted_email;
+
+ $name =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+ $name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
+ $address =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
+
+ if ($name =~ /[^\w \-]/i) { ##has "must quote" chars
+ $name =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\"/g; ##escape quotes
+ $name = "\"$name\"";
+ }
+
+ if ("$name" eq "") {
+ $formatted_email = "$address";
+ } else {
+ $formatted_email = "$name <$address>";
+ }
+
+ return $formatted_email;
+}
+
sub expand_tabs {
my ($str) = @_;

@@ -1365,17 +1445,44 @@ sub process {
}
}

-#check the patch for a signoff:
+# Check the patch for a signoff:
if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) {
- # This is a signoff, if ugly, so do not double report.
$signoff++;
- if (!($line =~ /^\s*Signed-off-by:/)) {
- WARN("Signed-off-by: is the preferred form\n" .
- $herecurr);
+ }
+
+# Check signature styles
+ if ($line =~ /^(\s*)($signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/) {
+ my $space_before = $1;
+ my $sign_off = $2;
+ my $space_after = $3;
+ my $email = $4;
+ my $ucfirst_sign_off = ucfirst(lc($sign_off));
+
+ if (defined $space_before && $space_before ne "") {
+ WARN("Do not use whitespace before $ucfirst_sign_off\n" . $herecurr);
}
- if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\S/i) {
- WARN("space required after Signed-off-by:\n" .
- $herecurr);
+ if ($sign_off =~ /-by:$/i && $sign_off ne $ucfirst_sign_off) {
+ WARN("'$ucfirst_sign_off' is the preferred signature form\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ if (!defined $space_after || $space_after ne " ") {
+ WARN("Use a single space after $ucfirst_sign_off\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
+ my ($email_name, $email_address, $comment) = parse_email($email);
+ my $suggested_email = format_email(($email_name, $email_address));
+ if ($suggested_email eq "") {
+ ERROR("Unrecognized email address: '$email'\n" . $herecurr);
+ } else {
+ my $dequoted = $suggested_email;
+ $dequoted =~ s/^"//;
+ $dequoted =~ s/" </ </;
+ # Don't force email to have quotes
+ # Allow just an angle bracketed address
+ if ("$dequoted$comment" ne $email &&
+ "<$email_address>$comment" ne $email &&
+ "$suggested_email$comment" ne $email) {
+ WARN("email address '$email' might be better as '$suggested_email$comment'\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
}

--
1.7.6.rc0



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