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

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

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.

> 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.

/Bruce