Re: [RFC v3] checkpatch: detect missing changes to trace-events

[Claudio Fontana]

On 9/14/20 3:44 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:11:58AM +0200, Claudio Fontana wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de>
>> ---
>>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> v2 -> v3 :
>>
>> * move the check for missing changes to MAINTAINERS and trace-events
>>   later on, as otherwise the check for in_commit_log will not be done
>>   on an up to date value, causing fromfile and realfile to not be set,
>>   and matching unwanted strings inside the commit log.
>>
>> * Ensure that at least one file name is passed to grep.
>>
>>
>> ----
>>
>> v1 -> v2 :
>>
>> * track the "from" file in addition to the "to" file,
>>   and grep into both (if they exist), looking for trace.h, trace-root.h
>>
>>   If files are reachable and readable, emit a warning if there is no
>>   update to trace-events.
> 
> This patch still has an RFC tag. Is it ready to be merged?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> 

Hi Stefan, I think it's actually not, I would like to have more testing on it, 
checking all false positive/false negative cases.
I found some issues with it, with false negatives, that I still do not 
understand.

If anybody wants to rework this taking this as starting point, that's good, 
otherwise I will get back to it when I can..

I am not sure about the "move the check" part in v2 -> v3, and if anybody has 
more input and can help to understand this aspect, welcome to collaborate on 
this.

Ciao,

CLaudio