Added regex check in checkpatch.pl for common Rust panicking methods
like unwrap() and expect().

Allowed an exception if the line contains a '// PANIC:' comment.

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-linux/linux/issues/1191
Signed-off-by: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
---
v2:
 - Switched from \b to (\.|::) to avoid false positives in strings.
 - Added : to PANIC comment check.
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c0250244cf7a..43b4c0eebb96 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3834,6 +3834,17 @@ sub process {
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|rs|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
+# check for Rust unwrap/expect
+		if ($realfile =~ /\.rs$/ && $line =~ /^\+/) {
+			if ($line =~ /(\.|::)(unwrap|expect)\s*\(/ &&
+				$rawline !~ /\/\/\s*PANIC:/ &&
+				$line !~ /^\+\s*\/\// &&
+				$line !~ /^\+\s*assert/) {
+				WARN("RUST_UNWRAP",
+					"Avoid unwrap() or expect() in Rust code; use proper error handling (Result) or justify with a '// PANIC: ...' comment.\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for using SPDX-License-Identifier on the wrong line number
 		if ($realline != $checklicenseline &&
 		    $rawline =~ /\bSPDX-License-Identifier:/ &&
-- 
2.43.0

On Sun, 2026-02-01 at 11:30 -0700, Jason Hall wrote:
> Added regex check in checkpatch.pl for common Rust panicking methods
> like unwrap() and expect().
> 
> Allowed an exception if the line contains a '// PANIC:' comment.

There's some desire to add rust comment checking.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260113211025.637889-1-foster.ryan.r@gmail.com/

Maybe this could be coordinated.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -3834,6 +3834,17 @@ sub process {
>  # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
>  		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|rs|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
>  
> +# check for Rust unwrap/expect
> +		if ($realfile =~ /\.rs$/ && $line =~ /^\+/) {
> +			if ($line =~ /(\.|::)(unwrap|expect)\s*\(/ &&

Please use (?: to avoid capture groups

> +				$rawline !~ /\/\/\s*PANIC:/ &&
> +				$line !~ /^\+\s*\/\// &&
> +				$line !~ /^\+\s*assert/) {
> +				WARN("RUST_UNWRAP",
> +					"Avoid unwrap() or expect() in Rust code; use proper error handling (Result) or justify with a '// PANIC: ...' comment.\n" . $herecurr);
> +			}
> +		}