Re: [PATCH v2] tools/docs/checktransupdate.py: fix all issues reported by pylint

From: 刘浩阳

Date: Mon Mar 09 2026 - 14:41:27 EST



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> On 10 Mar 2026, at 00:56, Haoyang Liu <tttturtleruss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 
>> On 3/9/2026 11:54 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> Haoyang LIU <tttturtleruss@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> This patch fixes all issues reported by pylint, including:
>>> 1. Format issue in logging.
>>> 2. Variable name style issue.
>> I'm somewhat unconvinced about that second change. We haven't come up
>> with a coding style for Python code in the kernel, but I think we do
>> want it to look at least a bit like kernel code and not just defer all
>> decisions to tools like pylint. I'm not really opposed to this change
>> either, mind you, but the process of getting there worries me a bit.
>
> Dear Jon,
>
> My initial thought was that 'HASH' looks like a global-style constant, while it's actually a local variable. However, the lowercase 'hash' has conflict with python built-in hash function, so I renamed it to hash_re to indicate that it's a regular expression.
>
>>
>>> Fixes: 63e96ce050e5 ("scripts: fix all issues reported by pylint")
>>> Signed-off-by: Haoyang LIU <tttturtleruss@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> V1 -> V2: fix variable name style name and keep the format consistent with other logging format
>>>
>>> tools/docs/checktransupdate.py | 8 ++++----
>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/docs/checktransupdate.py b/tools/docs/checktransupdate.py
>>> index e894652369a5..cc07cda667fc 100755
>>> --- a/tools/docs/checktransupdate.py
>>> +++ b/tools/docs/checktransupdate.py
>>> @@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ def get_origin_from_trans_smartly(origin_path, t_from_head):
>>> (2) Update the translation through commit HASH (TITLE)
>>> """
>>> # catch flag for 12-bit commit hash
>>> - HASH = r'([0-9a-f]{12})'
>>> + hash_re = r'([0-9a-f]{12})'
>>> # pattern 1: contains "update to commit HASH"
>>> - pat_update_to = re.compile(rf'update to commit {HASH}')
>>> + pat_update_to = re.compile(rf'update to commit {hash_re}')
>>> # pattern 2: contains "Update the translation through commit HASH"
>>> - pat_update_translation = re.compile(rf'Update the translation through commit {HASH}')
>>> + pat_update_translation = re.compile(rf'Update the translation through commit {hash_re}')
>>> origin_commit_hash = None
>>> for line in t_from_head["message"]:
>>> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def check_per_file(file_path):
>>> opath = get_origin_path(file_path)
>>> if not os.path.isfile(opath):
>>> - logging.error("Cannot find the origin path for {file_path}")
>>> + logging.error("Cannot find the origin path for %s", file_path)
>> Why was this change made? The first time around, you'd simply added the
>> obviously missing "f", which seems better?
> I used the "%s" style mainly to keep the logging format consistent with the other logging statements in this file, which follow the same pattern. To me, using f-string or lazy format.
To me, using f-string or lazy format are the same. ( sorry for the unfinished message)

Haoyang
>
> Sincerely,
> Haoyang
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> jon