checkpatch: only apply kconfig help checks for options which prompt

The intent of this check is to catch the options which the user will see
and ensure they are properly described.  It is also common for internal
only options to have a brief description.  Allow this form.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 618c0b5db0be..d8ac16ab5e61 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1674,19 +1674,26 @@ sub process {
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+		    $line =~ /.\s*config\s+/) {
 			my $length = 0;
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
 			my $f;
+			my $is_start = 0;
 			my $is_end = 0;
-			while ($cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]) {
+			for (; $cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]; $ln++) {
 				$f = $lines[$ln - 1];
 				$cnt-- if ($lines[$ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
 				$is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
-				$ln++;
 
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
+
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+					$is_start = 1;
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+					$length = -1;
+				}
+
 				$f =~ s/^.//;
 				$f =~ s/#.*//;
 				$f =~ s/^\s+//;
@@ -1698,8 +1705,8 @@ sub process {
 				$length++;
 			}
 			WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-			     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_end && $length < 4);
-			#print "is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
+			     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4);
+			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
 		if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&