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| author | Onur Özkan <work@onurozkan.dev> | 2025-09-17 20:37:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-11-12 03:48:29 +0300 |
| commit | 55b453ed53d28da0b8d2316741e11eb22ceb39d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 192c52a71eb145452919f5e536fb1b18ea8508e8 | |
| parent | fc387a0704cc86cf47de0e64236577af3e148ec2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-55b453ed53d28da0b8d2316741e11eb22ceb39d6.tar.xz | |
checkpatch: document new check PLACEHOLDER_USE
Adds documentation for the new check PLACEHOLDER_USE in checkpatch.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250917173725.22547-3-work@onurozkan.dev
Signed-off-by: Onur Özkan <work@onurozkan.dev>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index d5c47e560324..4dccd1036870 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -1245,6 +1245,16 @@ Others The patch file does not appear to be in unified-diff format. Please regenerate the patch file before sending it to the maintainer. + **PLACEHOLDER_USE** + Detects unhandled placeholder text left in cover letters or commit headers/logs. + Common placeholders include lines like:: + + *** SUBJECT HERE *** + *** BLURB HERE *** + + These typically come from autogenerated templates. Replace them with a proper + subject and description before sending. + **PRINTF_0XDECIMAL** Prefixing 0x with decimal output is defective and should be corrected. |