[LTP] [PATCH RESEND v2] checkpatch: Suppress warnings when Reported-by: is followed by Link:

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Thu Jan 15 08:22:31 CET 2026


Hi Cryolitia,

> From: Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@uniontech.com>

> > The tag should be followed by a Closes: tag pointing to the report,
> > unless the report is not available on the web. The Link: tag can be
> > used instead of Closes: if the patch fixes a part of the issue(s)
> > being reported.

Indeed, this is true, although there is a prerequisite:

	The Link: tag can be used instead of Closes: if the patch fixes a part of
	the issue(s) being reported.

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

I also see you Cc LTP ML. FYI we vendored scripts/checkpatch.pl (with occasional
updates).

Kind regards,
Petr

> Accroding to Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst , Link: is
> also acceptable to followed a Reported-by:

> Signed-off-by: Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@uniontech.com>
> ---
> Link to previous: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251023-checkpatch-v1-1-ff73ed1027d6@uniontech.com
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index c0250244cf7a..dac9d98133c6 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3209,10 +3209,10 @@ sub process {
>  			if ($sign_off =~ /^reported(?:|-and-tested)-by:$/i) {
>  				if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
>  					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
> -					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . "\n");
> -				} elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^closes:\s*/i) {
> +					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: or Link: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . "\n");
> +				} elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^(closes|link):\s*/i) {
>  					WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
> -					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
> +					     "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: or Link: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
>  				}
>  			}
>  		}


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