Re: [PATCH] scripts/spdxcheck.py: fix C++ comment style detection
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Feb 22 2019 - 10:48:29 EST
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:18:34 +0100
AurÃlien Cedeyn <aurelien.cedeyn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With the last commit to support the SuperH boot code files, we have the
> following regression:
>
> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f <(echo '/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */')
> WARNING: 'SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */' is not supported in LICENSES/..
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 1 lines checked
>
> NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
> mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
>
> /dev/fd/63 has style problems, please review.
>
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
> them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
>
> This is not obvious, but spdxcheck.py is launched in checkpatch.pl with :
> ...
> } elsif ($rawline =~ /(SPDX-License-Identifier: .*)/) {
> my $spdx_license = $1;
> if (!is_SPDX_License_valid($spdx_license)) {
> WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
> "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . \
> $herecurr);
> }
> ...
> sub is_SPDX_License_valid {
> my ($license) = @_;
> ...
> my $status = `cd "$root_path"; echo "$license" |
> python scripts/spdxcheck.py -`;
> ...
> }
>
> The first chars before 'SPDX-License-Identifier:' are ignored.
> This commit fixes this regression.
>
> Fixes:959b49687838 (scripts/spdxcheck.py: Handle special quotation mark comments)
> Signed-off-by:AurÃlien Cedeyn <aurelien.cedeyn@xxxxxxxxx>
I've applied this, thanks, though that parsing code still looks a little
fragile. It needs a proper regex perhaps someday...:)
Thanks,
jon