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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+
+# TODO
+# - option to just list all broken files
+# - test suite
+# - validate signed-off-by
+
+
+class Result:
+    # Whether the patch has an Upstream-Status or not
+    missing_upstream_status = False
+    # If the Upstream-Status tag is malformed in some way (string for bad bit)
+    malformed_upstream_status = None
+    # If the Upstream-Status value is unknown (boolean)
+    unknown_upstream_status = False
+    # The upstream status value (Pending, etc)
+    upstream_status = None
+    # Whether the patch has a Signed-off-by or not
+    missing_sob = False
+    # Whether the Signed-off-by tag is malformed in some way
+    malformed_sob = False
+    # The Signed-off-by tag value
+    sob = None
+    # Whether a patch looks like a CVE but doesn't have a CVE tag
+    missing_cve = False
+
+def blame_patch(patch):
+    """
+    From a patch filename, return a list of "commit summary (author name <author
+    email>)" strings representing the history.
+    """
+    import subprocess
+    return subprocess.check_output(("git", "log",
+                                    "--follow", "--find-renames", "--diff-filter=A",
+                                    "--format=%s (%aN <%aE>)",
+                                    "--", patch)).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+
+def patchreview(patches):
+    import re
+
+    # General pattern: start of line, optional whitespace, tag with optional
+    # hyphen or spaces, maybe a colon, some whitespace, then the value, all case
+    # insensitive.
+    sob_re = re.compile(r"^[\t ]*(Signed[-_ ]off[-_ ]by:?)[\t ]*(.+)", re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)
+    status_re = re.compile(r"^[\t ]*(Upstream[-_ ]Status:?)[\t ]*(\w*)", re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)
+    status_values = ("accepted", "pending", "inappropriate", "backport", "submitted", "denied")
+    cve_tag_re = re.compile(r"^[\t ]*(CVE:)[\t ]*(.*)", re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)
+    cve_re = re.compile(r"cve-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4,6}", re.IGNORECASE)
+
+    results = {}
+
+    for patch in patches:
+        result = Result()
+        results[patch] = result
+
+        content = open(patch, encoding='ascii', errors='ignore').read()
+
+        # Find the Signed-off-by tag
+        match = sob_re.search(content)
+        if match:
+            value = match.group(1)
+            if value != "Signed-off-by:":
+                result.malformed_sob = value
+            result.sob = match.group(2)
+        else:
+            result.missing_sob = True
+
+
+        # Find the Upstream-Status tag
+        match = status_re.search(content)
+        if match:
+            value = match.group(1)
+            if value != "Upstream-Status:":
+                result.malformed_upstream_status = value
+
+            value = match.group(2).lower()
+            # TODO: check case
+            if value not in status_values:
+                result.unknown_upstream_status = True
+            result.upstream_status = value
+        else:
+            result.missing_upstream_status = True
+
+        # Check that patches which looks like CVEs have CVE tags
+        if cve_re.search(patch) or cve_re.search(content):
+            if not cve_tag_re.search(content):
+                result.missing_cve = True
+        # TODO: extract CVE list
+
+    return results
+
+
+def analyse(results, want_blame=False, verbose=True):
+    """
+    want_blame: display blame data for each malformed patch
+    verbose: display per-file results instead of just summary
+    """
+
+    # want_blame requires verbose, so disable blame if we're not verbose
+    if want_blame and not verbose:
+        want_blame = False
+
+    total_patches = 0
+    missing_sob = 0
+    malformed_sob = 0
+    missing_status = 0
+    malformed_status = 0
+    missing_cve = 0
+    pending_patches = 0
+
+    for patch in sorted(results):
+        r = results[patch]
+        total_patches += 1
+        need_blame = False
+
+        # Build statistics
+        if r.missing_sob:
+            missing_sob += 1
+        if r.malformed_sob:
+            malformed_sob += 1
+        if r.missing_upstream_status:
+            missing_status += 1
+        if r.malformed_upstream_status or r.unknown_upstream_status:
+            malformed_status += 1
+        if r.missing_cve:
+            missing_cve += 1
+        if r.upstream_status == "pending":
+            pending_patches += 1
+
+        # Output warnings
+        if r.missing_sob:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Missing Signed-off-by tag (%s)" % patch)
+        # TODO: disable this for now as too much fails
+        if False and r.malformed_sob:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Malformed Signed-off-by '%s' (%s)" % (r.malformed_sob, patch))
+        if r.missing_cve:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Missing CVE tag (%s)" % patch)
+        if r.missing_upstream_status:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Missing Upstream-Status tag (%s)" % patch)
+        if r.malformed_upstream_status:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Malformed Upstream-Status '%s' (%s)" % (r.malformed_upstream_status, patch))
+        if r.unknown_upstream_status:
+            need_blame = True
+            if verbose:
+                print("Unknown Upstream-Status value '%s' (%s)" % (r.upstream_status, patch))
+
+        if want_blame and need_blame:
+            print("\n".join(blame_patch(patch)) + "\n")
+
+    def percent(num):
+        try:
+            return "%d (%d%%)" % (num, round(num * 100.0 / total_patches))
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            return "N/A"
+
+    if verbose:
+        print()
+
+    print("""Total patches found: %d
+Patches missing Signed-off-by: %s
+Patches with malformed Signed-off-by: %s
+Patches missing CVE: %s
+Patches missing Upstream-Status: %s
+Patches with malformed Upstream-Status: %s
+Patches in Pending state: %s""" % (total_patches,
+                                   percent(missing_sob),
+                                   percent(malformed_sob),
+                                   percent(missing_cve),
+                                   percent(missing_status),
+                                   percent(malformed_status),
+                                   percent(pending_patches)))
+
+
+
+def histogram(results):
+    from toolz import recipes, dicttoolz
+    import math
+    counts = recipes.countby(lambda r: r.upstream_status, results.values())
+    bars = dicttoolz.valmap(lambda v: "#" * int(math.ceil(float(v) / len(results) * 100)), counts)
+    for k in bars:
+        print("%-20s %s (%d)" % (k.capitalize() if k else "No status", bars[k], counts[k]))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse, subprocess, os
+
+    args = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Patch Review Tool")
+    args.add_argument("-b", "--blame", action="store_true", help="show blame for malformed patches")
+    args.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="show per-patch results")
+    args.add_argument("-g", "--histogram", action="store_true", help="show patch histogram")
+    args.add_argument("directory", nargs="?", help="directory to scan")
+    args = args.parse_args()
+
+    if args.directory:
+        os.chdir(args.directory)
+    patches = subprocess.check_output(("git", "ls-files", "*.patch", "*.diff")).decode("utf-8").split()
+    results = patchreview(patches)
+    analyse(results, want_blame=args.blame, verbose=args.verbose)
+    if args.histogram:
+        print()
+        histogram(results)
