Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: allow build files to reference other build files

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 10:34 -0800, Will McVicker wrote:
> Add an exception to the EMBEDDED_FILENAME warning for build files. This
> fixes the below warnings where the Kconfig and Makefile files reference
> other similarly named build files.
> 
>   WARNING:EMBEDDED_FILENAME: It's generally not useful to have the
>   filename in the file
>   #24: FILE: Kconfig:34:
>   +source "drivers/willmcvicker/Kconfig"
> 
>   WARNING:EMBEDDED_FILENAME: It's generally not useful to have the
>   filename in the file
>   #36: FILE: Makefile:667:
>   +	} > Makefile

No need to wrap here I think.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -3785,7 +3785,9 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # check for embedded filenames
> -		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/) {
> +		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/ &&
> +			$realfile !~ /Kconfig.*/ &&
> +			$realfile !~ /Makefile.*/) {

Align to open parenthesis please.
It's not useful to have .* before the /

So perhaps better to be

		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/ &&
		    $realfile !~ /(?:Kconfig|Makefile)/) {
	
>  			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
>  			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}