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* [PATCH] checkpatch: make the config description warning more explicit
@ 2016-05-10 13:02 Sebastian Frias
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From: Sebastian Frias @ 2016-05-10 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andy Whitcroft, Joe Perches; +Cc: LKML, mason

checkpatch.pl currently warns if Kconfig options are properly
described by checking the length of the config description.

This patch is an attempt to make the message less cryptic.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8fc9edd..9afc06f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 			if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
 				WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-				     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
+				     "description is too short ($length lines), please write at least $min_conf_desc_length lines to describe the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
-- 
2.1.4

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