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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3037e8c2258c..969b365f8690 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf";
my $max_line_length = 80;
my $ignore_perl_version = 0;
my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
+my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
sub help {
my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Options:
--types TYPE(,TYPE2...) show only these comma separated message types
--ignore TYPE(,TYPE2...) ignore various comma separated message types
--max-line-length=n set the maximum line length, if exceeded, warn
+ --min-conf-desc-length=n set the min description length, if shorter, warn
--show-types show the message "types" in the output
--root=PATH PATH to the kernel tree root
--no-summary suppress the per-file summary
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ GetOptions(
'types=s' => \@use,
'show-types!' => \$show_types,
'max-line-length=i' => \$max_line_length,
+ 'min-conf-desc-length=i' => \$min_conf_desc_length,
'root=s' => \$root,
'summary!' => \$summary,
'mailback!' => \$mailback,
@@ -2285,8 +2288,10 @@ sub process {
}
$length++;
}
- WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
- "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4);
+ if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
+ WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
+ "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
}