[PATCH 4/4] checkpatch: Quiet Kconfig help message checking

[Joe Perches]

Editing Kconfig dependencies can emit unnecessary messages about
missing or too short help entries.

Only emit the message when adding help sections to Kconfig files.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9795844..2a7a32c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ sub process {
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /.\s*config\s+/) {
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*config\s+/) {
 			my $length = 0;
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
@@ -2064,10 +2064,11 @@ sub process {
 				$is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
 
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
+				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
 
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
 					$length = -1;
 				}
 
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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