Re: [PATCH v3] scripts/checkpatch: validate Fixes: tag format and commit ancestry

On 7/27/26 14:24, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> Adapt the kernel's checkpatch Fixes: tag validation for QEMU.
> 
> Add a git_commit_info() helper to resolve commit hashes and validate
> the Fixes: tag in commit messages. The canonical form is:
> 
>    Fixes: <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")
> 
> The check validates capitalization, spacing, hash length, lowercase
> hex, and quoted title. When the format is wrong and the commit can
> be resolved, suggest the corrected Fixes: line.
> 
> When running inside a git repository, also verify that the referenced
> commit is an ancestor of master.
> 
> Lines matching "Fixes: CVE-*" are skipped. The check can be disabled
> with --no-fixes-tag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <[email protected]>
> ---
> 
>   Changes in v3:
>   - Dropped $git_command
>   - Modified git_commit_info() to use $! instead of parsing stderr when
>     calling git log
>   
>   Changes in v2:
>   - Introduced $git_command
> 
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 65 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 03f35e75012c8c7a00b67f036e4befb2ea162d4a..069e2b53c996580717fcbde4c68f3ea6aafcccad 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
>   my $quiet = 0;
>   my $tree = 1;
>   my $chk_signoff = 1;
> +my $chk_fixes_tag = 1;
>   my $chk_patch = undef;
>   my $chk_branch = undef;
>   my $tst_only;
> @@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ Options:
>     -q, --quiet                quiet
>     --no-tree                  run without a qemu tree
>     --no-signoff               do not check for 'Signed-off-by' line
> +  --no-fixes-tag             do not check for 'Fixes:' tag
>     --patch                    treat FILE as patchfile
>     --branch                   treat args as GIT revision list
>     --emacs                    emacs compile window format
> @@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ GetOptions(
>   	'q|quiet+'		=> \$quiet,
>   	'tree!'			=> \$tree,
>   	'signoff!'		=> \$chk_signoff,
> +	'fixes-tag!'		=> \$chk_fixes_tag,
>   	'patch!'		=> \$chk_patch,
>   	'branch!'		=> \$chk_branch,
>   	'emacs!'		=> \$emacs,
> @@ -441,6 +444,10 @@ sub build_types {
>   build_types();
>   
>   $chk_signoff = 0 if ($file);
> +$chk_fixes_tag = 0 if ($file);
> +
> +my $gitroot = $ENV{'GIT_DIR'};
> +$gitroot = ".git" if !defined($gitroot);
>   
>   my @rawlines = ();
>   my @lines = ();
> @@ -561,6 +568,23 @@ sub which {
>   	return "";
>   }
>   
> +sub git_commit_info {
> +	my ($commit, $id, $desc) = @_;
> +
> +	return ($id, $desc) if ((which("git") eq "") || !(-e "$gitroot"));
> +
> +	my $output = `git log --no-color --format='%H %s' -1 $commit 2>/dev/null`;
> +	if ($? != 0) {
> +		$id = undef;
> +	} else {

This is needed here :

                 chomp $output;

Will send a v4.

Thanks,

C.

> +		$output =~ s/^\s*//gm;
> +		$id = substr($output, 0, 12);
> +		$desc = substr($output, 41);
> +	}
> +
> +	return ($id, $desc);
> +}
> +
>   sub expand_tabs {
>   	my ($str) = @_;
>   
> @@ -1811,6 +1835,47 @@ sub process {
>   			}
>   		}
>   
> +# Check Fixes: tag format and commit validity
> +		if ($chk_fixes_tag &&
> +		    $line =~ /^\s*(fixes:?)\s*(?:commit\s*)?([0-9a-f]{5,40})\s*(.*)?/i) {
> +			my $tag = $1;
> +			my $orig_commit = $2;
> +			my $title = $3;
> +
> +			if ($line !~ /^\s*Fixes:\s+CVE/i) {
> +				my $tag_case = not ($tag eq "Fixes:");
> +				my $tag_space = not ($line =~ /^fixes:? [0-9a-f]{5,40}/i);
> +				my $id_length = not ($orig_commit =~ /^[0-9a-f]{12,40}$/);
> +				my $id_case = not ($orig_commit !~ /[A-F]/);
> +
> +				my $id = "0123456789ab";
> +				my $description = "commit title";
> +				my $has_quotes = 0;
> +
> +				if (defined $title && $title =~ /^\("(.*?)"\)$/) {
> +					$description = $1 if ($1);
> +					$has_quotes = 1;
> +				} elsif (defined $title && $title =~ /^\(?(.*?)\)?$/) {
> +					$description = $1 if ($1);
> +				}
> +
> +				my ($cid, $ctitle) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $description);
> +
> +				if (defined($cid) && ($ctitle ne $description || $tag_case || $tag_space || $id_length || $id_case || !$has_quotes)) {
> +					my $fixed = "Fixes: $cid (\"$ctitle\")";
> +					WARN("Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")'" .
> +						" - ie: '$fixed'\n" . $herecurr);
> +				}
> +				if (which("git") ne "" && -e "$gitroot") {
> +					my $hash = defined($cid) ? $cid : $orig_commit;
> +					`git merge-base --is-ancestor $hash master 2>/dev/null`;
> +					if ($? != 0) {
> +						WARN("Fixes: commit $hash is not an ancestor of master\n" . $herecurr);
> +					}
> +				}
> +			}
> +		}
> +
>   # Check SPDX-License-Identifier references a permitted license
>   		if (($rawline =~ m,SPDX-License-Identifier: (.*?)(\*/)?\s*$,) &&
>   			$rawline !~ /^-/) {