Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add fix for BAD_SIGN_OFF

[Aditya]

On 9/11/20 1:27 am, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-11-08 at 19:13 +0530, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
>> Currently, checkpatch warns us if the author of the commit signs-off
>> as co-developed-by.
> []
>> A quick manual check found out that all fixes were correct in those
>> cases.
> []
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
>> @@ -2827,8 +2827,11 @@ sub process {
>>  # Check Co-developed-by: immediately followed by Signed-off-by: with same name and email
>>  			if ($sign_off =~ /^co-developed-by:$/i) {
>>  				if ($email eq $author) {
>> -					WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
>> -					      "Co-developed-by: should not be used to attribute nominal patch author '$author'\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline);
>> +					if (WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
>> +						 "Co-developed-by: should not be used to attribute nominal patch author '$author'\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline) &&
>> +					    $fix) {
>> +						fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
>> +					}
>>  				}
>>  				if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
>>  					WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
> 
> Looks OK to me.
> 
> Another option might be to add a Signed-off-by: line derived from
> any "From:" line when:
> 
> 	if ($is_patch && $has_commit_log && $chk_signoff) {
> 		if ($signoff == 0) {
> 			ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",
> 			      "Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
> 
> etc...
> 

Yes, I just noticed. Thanks for the suggestion. Will do.

Thanks
Aditya