diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 50910899f2..22bb634c8e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ sub process { return 1; } - if (!$is_patch) { + if (!$is_patch && $filename !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) { ERROR("Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n"); }