Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: allow build files to reference other build files

[Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 02:19:23PM -0800, William McVicker wrote:
> On 01/29/2024, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 02:19:46PM -0800, Will McVicker wrote:
> > > Add an exception to the EMBEDDED_FILENAME warning for build files. This
> > 
> > As far as I can see, your patch fixes only the checkpatch warnings for
> > top-level Makefile and Kconfig (and leaving out top-level Kbuild).
> > Other build files are not affected, right?
> 
> Since $realfile includes the full path, I wasn't able to find a case where this
> issue happens outside of the top-level build files. The same goes for Kbuild
> files -- the top-level Kbuild file doesn't include other Kbuild files and the
> other Kbuild files don't include other Kbuild files within the same directory.
> If you prefer to protect against this warning in the future, I can include
> Kbuild as well if you want.

yes, I think it would be more complete if top-level Kbuild is also
included.  Could you also mention 'top-level' somewhere in the commit
message?

Thanks and kind regards,
Nicolas