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From: Charalampos Mitrodimas <charmitro@posteo.net>
To: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
Cc: apw@canonical.com,  joe@perches.com,  ojeda@kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: warn on Rust panicking methods
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:19:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875x8gqt3y.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260201155718.1623802-1-jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>

Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com> writes:

> Added regex check in checkpatch.pl for common Rust panicking methods
> like unwrap() and expect().
>
> Allowed an exception if the line contains a '// PANIC:' comment.
>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-linux/linux/issues/1191
> Signed-off-by: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index c0250244cf7a..fa9f55031129 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3834,6 +3834,17 @@ sub process {
>  # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
>  		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|rs|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
>  
> +# check for Rust unwrap/expect
> +		if ($realfile =~ /\.rs$/ && $line =~ /^\+/) {
> +			if ($line =~ /\b(unwrap|expect)\s*\(/ &&

Using `\.` instead of `\b` would reduce false positives on string
literas. E.g. `println!("use unwrap() here")` would not trigger a
warning.

> +				$rawline !~ /\/\/\s*PANIC/ &&

Should this be:
       $rawline != /\/\/\s*PANIC:/ &&

i.e. with the colon?


Cheers,
C. Mitrodimas

> +				$line !~ /^\+\s*\/\// &&
> +				$line !~ /^\+\s*assert/) {
> +				WARN("RUST_UNWRAP",
> +					"Avoid unwrap() or expect() in Rust code; use proper error handling (Result) or justify with a '// PANIC: ...' comment.\n" . $herecurr);
> +			}
> +		}
> +
>  # check for using SPDX-License-Identifier on the wrong line number
>  		if ($realline != $checklicenseline &&
>  		    $rawline =~ /\bSPDX-License-Identifier:/ &&

  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-01 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-01 15:57 [PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: warn on Rust panicking methods Jason Hall
2026-02-01 17:19 ` Charalampos Mitrodimas [this message]
2026-02-01 18:30   ` [PATCH v2] " Jason Hall
2026-02-01 19:37     ` Joe Perches
2026-02-01 19:57   ` [PATCH v3] " Jason Hall
2026-02-02  5:38     ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-02 13:56       ` [PATCH v4] " Jason Hall
2026-02-03  6:21         ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-03 15:25           ` Jkhall81
2026-02-03 15:49             ` Onur Özkan
2026-02-03 16:02               ` Gary Guo
2026-02-03 16:32                 ` Onur Özkan
2026-02-03 16:54                   ` Gary Guo
2026-02-04 15:56                     ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-04 18:10                       ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-04 19:08                         ` Joe Perches
2026-02-05  1:42                           ` [PATCH v5] scripts: checkpatch: move Rust-specific lints to separate file Jason Hall
2026-02-05 20:55                             ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-06  8:31                               ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-06 17:41                                 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-07 15:56                                   ` [PATCH v6] " Jason Hall
2026-02-07 16:07                                     ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-07 16:53                                       ` [PATCH v7] " Jason Hall
2026-02-07 18:46                                         ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-07 21:07                                           ` [PATCH v8 0/2] modularize Rust lints and add RUST_UNWRAP check Jason Hall
2026-02-07 21:07                                             ` [PATCH v8 1/2] scripts: checkpatch: move Rust-specific lints to separate file Jason Hall
2026-02-07 21:53                                               ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-07 22:49                                                 ` [PATCH v9 0/2] modularize Rust lints and add RUST_UNWRAP check Jason Hall
2026-02-07 22:49                                                   ` [PATCH v9 1/2] scripts: checkpatch: move Rust-specific lints to separate file Jason Hall
2026-02-07 22:49                                                   ` [PATCH v9 2/2] scripts: checkpatch: add RUST_UNWRAP lint Jason Hall
2026-02-08  7:55                                                     ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-08 14:01                                                       ` Jason Hall
2026-02-09  8:52                                                         ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-08  6:43                                                   ` [PATCH v9 0/2] modularize Rust lints and add RUST_UNWRAP check Greg KH
2026-02-14  6:11                                                   ` Dirk Behme
2026-02-14 23:30                                                     ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-14 23:32                                                       ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-07 21:07                                             ` [PATCH v8 2/2] scripts: checkpatch: add RUST_UNWRAP lint Jason Hall
2026-02-05 13:23                         ` [PATCH v4] scripts: checkpatch: warn on Rust panicking methods Dirk Behme
2026-02-05 21:00                           ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-04 18:11               ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-02-01 19:51 ` [PATCH] " Gary Guo

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