Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: check for missing \n at the end of logging message

[Joe Perches]

This works rather better:

Perhaps you could test?
---

v2:

o Avoid pr_cont
o Use only last format line if split across multiple lines

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d64c67..f00a6c8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5673,6 +5673,28 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for possible missing newlines at the end of common logging functions
+		if (defined($stat) &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+\s*($logFunctions)\s*\((?:\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*){0,3}\s*$String/ &&
+		    $1 !~ /_cont$/ && $1 =~ /^(?:pr|dev|netdev|netif|wiphy)_/) {
+			my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+			my $extracted_string = "";
+			for (my $i = 0; $i < $cnt; $i++) {
+				next if ($lines[$linenr + $i - 1] !~ /$String\s*[,\)]/);
+				$extracted_string = get_quoted_string($lines[$linenr + $i - 1],
+								      $rawlines[$linenr + $i - 1]);
+				last if ($extracted_string ne "");
+			}
+			if ($extracted_string ne "" && $extracted_string !~ /\\n"$/) {
+				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+					$herectx .=  raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+				}
+				WARN("MISSING_FORMAT_NEWLINE",
+				     "Possible missing '\\n' at the end of a logging message format string\n" . $herectx);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL>
 		if ($line !~ /printk(?:_ratelimited|_once)?\s*\(/ &&
 		    $line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(.*\b(KERN_[A-Z]+)\b/) {