[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] scripts: add check for net driver names without net prefix

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-07-06 10:25, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 11:10:48AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2016-07-05 15:40, Bruce Richardson:
> > > +# check headline label for net/ prefix if needed
> > > +bad=$(echo "$headlines" | grep -E --color=always \
> > > +	-e "^($(ls drivers/net | grep -v Makefile | tr '\n' '|')):" \
> > > +	| sed 's,^,\t,')
> > > +[ -z "$bad" ] || printf "Headline missing 'net/' prefix:\n$bad\n"
> > 
> > This check is definitely a good idea.
> > We need the same thing for crypto.
> > Few nits:
> > - -E is not needed for this regex
> > - "/base:" cases are not handled because of the colon at the end
> > of the regex.
> 
> Good point. Easy enough to fix, I suspect.
> 
> > - patches touching several drivers are not handled. Examples:
> >   "mlx:" -> "net/mlx:"
> >   "drivers/net:" -> "net:"
> > 
> Yes, however, those are in the minority of cases, and we can always add
> special case extra regex's for those - hardcoded like the other regex's in the
> file. I did the pulling directory list so we don't have to update the checks
> every time a new driver was added.

Another issue: I suspect you will have false positives with librte_ring and
librte_vhost.

> > By the way, I am looking at an idea, that Nelio sent me, based on
> > modified files. It can complete this check.
> 
> Great. I'll look forward to seeing that. If it works out well, by all means
> drop this patch. If it's not coming any time soon though, I can do a V2 of
> this patch, but I won't bother right now in the expectation that a better
> solution is coming.

My concern is that the file-based solution will handle only the patches where
every changes are in drivers/ (not config/ or anything else).
I'm thinking how to merge both solutions.

I'm also concerned by the time passed developing these checks ;)