Check that a commit log doesn't contain UTF-8 when a mail header
explicitly defines a different charset, like
'Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"'

Signed-off-by: Pasi Savanainen <[email protected]>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ca05ba2..5ae9188 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1386,6 +1386,8 @@ sub process {
        my $in_header_lines = 1;
        my $in_commit_log = 0;          #Scanning lines before patch
 
+       my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
+
        our @report = ();
        our $cnt_lines = 0;
        our $cnt_error = 0;
@@ -1686,10 +1688,17 @@ sub process {
                        $in_commit_log = 1;
                }
 
-# Still not yet in a patch, check for any UTF-8
-               if ($in_commit_log && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
+# Check if there is UTF-8 in a commit log when a mail header has explicitly
+# declined it, i.e defined some charset where it is missing.
+               if ($in_header_lines &&
+                   $rawline =~ /^Content-Type:.+charset="(.+)".*$/ &&
+                   $1 !~ /utf-8/i) {
+                       $non_utf8_charset = 1;
+               }
+
+               if ($in_commit_log && $non_utf8_charset && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
                    $rawline =~ /$NON_ASCII_UTF8/) {
-                       CHK("UTF8_BEFORE_PATCH",
+                       WARN("UTF8_BEFORE_PATCH",
                            "8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" . 
$herecurr);
                }
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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