1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index cb19f54b4b2a..e44ff91e811d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1400,18 +1400,34 @@ sub process {
                 }
 
 # check for Kconfig help text having a real description
+# Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
+# sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
                 if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-                    $line =~ /\+?\s*(---)?help(---)?$/) {
+                    $line =~ /\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
                         my $length = 0;
-                        for (my $l = $linenr; defined($lines[$l]); $l++) {
-                                my $f = $lines[$l];
+                        my $cnt = $realcnt;
+                        my $ln = $linenr + 1;
+                        my $f;
+                        my $is_end = 0;
+                        while ($cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]) {
+                                $f = $lines[$ln - 1];
+                                $cnt-- if ($lines[$ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
+                                $is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
+                                $ln++;
+
+                                next if ($f =~ /^-/);
+                                $f =~ s/^.//;
                                 $f =~ s/#.*//;
                                 $f =~ s/^\s+//;
                                 next if ($f =~ /^$/);
-                                last if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/);
+                                if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/) {
+                                        $is_end = 1;
+                                        last;
+                                }
                                 $length++;
                         }
-                        WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);
+                        WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_end && $length < 4);
+                        #print "is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
                 }
 
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk