Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for non-lore mailing list URLs

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 04:50:41PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-12-17 at 17:56 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The lkml.org, marc.info, spinics.net, etc archives are not quite as useful
> > as lore.kernel.org because they use different styles, add advertising, and
> > may disappear in the future.  The lore archives are more consistent and
> > more likely to stick around, so prefer https://lore.kernel.org URLs when
> > they exist.
> 
> Hi Bjorn.
> 
> I like the idea, thanks, but a couple notes.
> 
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -564,6 +564,17 @@ sub find_standard_signature {
> >  	return "";
> >  }
>  
> > +our $obsolete_archives = qr{(?xi:
> > +	freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel|
> > +	lists.infradead.org|
> > +	lkml.org|
> > +	mail-archive.com|
> > +	mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail|
> > +	marc.info|
> > +	ozlabs.org/pipermail|
> > +	spinics.net
> > +)};
> 
> Strictly, these all need \Q \E escaping so uses like lkmlAorg do not match.
> 
> 
> > @@ -3101,6 +3112,12 @@ sub process {
> >  			}
> >  		}
> >  
> > +# Check for mailing list archives other than lore.kernel.org
> > +		if ($line =~ /(http|https):\/\/\S*$obsolete_archives/) {
> 
> The https?:// doesn't seem necessary.  Perhaps:
> 
> 		if ($line =~ m{\b$obsolete_archives}) {
> 
> > +			WARN("PREFER_LORE_ARCHIVE",
> > +			     "Use lore.kernel.org archive links when possible; see https://lore.kernel.org/lists.html\n"; . $herecurr);
> 
> Perhaps:
> 			     "Prefer lore.kernel.org links. see: https://www.kernel.org/lore.html#linking-to-list-discussions-from-commits\n"; . $herecurr);
> 
> So maybe instead:
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 00085308ed9d..c2a324d628a6 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -564,6 +564,17 @@ sub find_standard_signature {
>  	return "";
>  }
>  
> +our $obsolete_archives = qr{(?xi:
> +	\Qfreedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel\E |
> +	\Qlists.infradead.org\E |
> +	\Qlkml.org\E |
> +	\Qmail-archive.com\E |
> +	\Qmailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail\E |
> +	\Qmarc.info\E |
> +	\Qozlabs.org/pipermail\E |
> +	\Qspinics.net\E
> +)};
> +
>  our @typeListMisordered = (
>  	qr{char\s+(?:un)?signed},
>  	qr{int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?short\s},
> @@ -3101,6 +3112,12 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> +		# Check for mailing list archives other than lore.kernel.org
> +		if ($rawline =~ m{\b$obsolete_archives}) {
> +			WARN("PREFER_LORE_ARCHIVE",
> +			     "Use lore.kernel.org archive links when possible - see https://lore.kernel.org/lists.html\n"; . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +
>  # Check for added, moved or deleted files
>  		if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
>  		    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
> 
> 

Ah, nice. Yes, this would be great to get added. Joe, can you respin as
a full path? Please consider it:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook