+ checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: describe --min-conf-desc-length
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de>
Subject: checkpatch: describe --min-conf-desc-length
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:22:27 +0100

Neither the warning nor the help message gives any hint on the unit for
length: Could be meters, inches, bytes, characters or ...  lines.

Extend the output of `--help` to name the unit "lines" and the default:
-  --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the min description length, if shorter, warn
+  --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the minimum description length for config symbols
+                             in lines, if shorter, warn (default 4)

Include the minimum number of lines as other error messages already do:
- WARNING: please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol
+ WARNING: please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol with at least 4 lines

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c71c170c90eba26265951e248adfedd3245fe575.1741605695.git.p.hahn@avm.de
Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <p.hahn@avm.de>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ Options:
   --max-line-length=n        set the maximum line length, (default $max_line_length)
                              if exceeded, warn on patches
                              requires --strict for use with --file
-  --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the min description length, if shorter, warn
+  --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the minimum description length for config symbols
+                             in lines, if shorter, warn (default $min_conf_desc_length)
   --tab-size=n               set the number of spaces for tab (default $tabsize)
   --root=PATH                PATH to the kernel tree root
   --no-summary               suppress the per-file summary
@@ -3647,7 +3648,7 @@ sub process {
 			    $help_length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
 				my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $ln - 1);
 				WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-				     "please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
+				     "please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol with at least $min_conf_desc_length lines\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
 			}
 		}
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from phahn-oss@avm.de are

checkpatch-describe-min-conf-desc-length.patch