From nobody Thu Oct 2 12:04:51 2025 Received: from forward101a.mail.yandex.net (forward101a.mail.yandex.net [178.154.239.84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98DB92FCC02; Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:37:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.154.239.84 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758130668; cv=none; b=NivbVMr6I564bKg3UNQzL8olhMEXGDTnAZBkN4Ja+j0ns0HfhCevBrPevaa7n5AJjyFofULjiCUKkAnWoVyKaBnqh/PS8bNyAcnby2WiGFRdFtnZ9Z5lTyV0/xPaYSzYpZ2mWGV2dcuD5gW44s889W0H52TfSapDeIpE/3TUeVQ= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758130668; c=relaxed/simple; bh=FeHc2ONr7s04G4Tg/b/11N/b224Jf+60qRqcE40KnqA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=afjvhpAsBjeqSQ9HaKzYRA6Cc/xtIhdEYsLyY+buyKAeKZlyS0QbPAHqvtnTV1HUHmX6Z+ziONP+XGuoPZvTPPPbYQ6cKPgoXo63+UkEpkwL/3Pjk5rd+zD1rlz3tHGNdjcudDvfgWF85EqmW0A77iUelPWwVb8fKRx6+k52e4E= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=onurozkan.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=onurozkan.dev; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=onurozkan.dev header.i=@onurozkan.dev header.b=SelNXlLX; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.154.239.84 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=onurozkan.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=onurozkan.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=onurozkan.dev header.i=@onurozkan.dev header.b="SelNXlLX" Received: from mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-68.vla.yp-c.yandex.net (mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-68.vla.yp-c.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:c1d:3d8d:0:640:b127:0]) by forward101a.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTPS id 9D33C804BE; Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:37:42 +0300 (MSK) Received: by mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-68.vla.yp-c.yandex.net (smtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id QbVY4BEMvqM0-mtIkOX9L; Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:37:41 +0300 X-Yandex-Fwd: 1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=onurozkan.dev; s=mail; t=1758130662; bh=FHA5v4PLTpxfi6OmrXgAH87gu7nGTp+EMy8vrMv+SVA=; h=Cc:Message-ID:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From; b=SelNXlLXJNz9b+6uAZEwM/oAtoQmGYYKpI0/IQgMgIHlB9l7yzyLcMoO5eHj7sJwc 27yywaPXA2L58QhdMC7O79bR0filHEo+WsfsJg2QFJxTj/FRQrUYRZy+QN6CSB2TZR 6ltc6A9rjIgEhg8AhQq3eoVx5NefY4buASypd6Zc= Authentication-Results: mail-nwsmtp-smtp-production-main-68.vla.yp-c.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@onurozkan.dev From: =?UTF-8?q?Onur=20=C3=96zkan?= To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com, dwaipayanray1@gmail.com, lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, =?UTF-8?q?Onur=20=C3=96zkan?= Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] checkpatch: document new check PLACEHOLDER_USE Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:37:25 +0300 Message-ID: <20250917173725.22547-3-work@onurozkan.dev> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 In-Reply-To: <20250917173725.22547-1-work@onurozkan.dev> References: <20250917173725.22547-1-work@onurozkan.dev> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Adds documentation for the new check PLACEHOLDER_USE in checkpatch. Signed-off-by: Onur =C3=96zkan --- Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-too= ls/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. =20 + **PLACEHOLDER_USE** + Detects unhandled placeholder text left in cover letters or commit hea= ders/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. =20 --=20 2.51.0