From patchwork Thu Sep 17 17:02:12 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Stefano Garzarella X-Patchwork-Id: 11783025 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA33112E for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:03:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E40B206A2 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="KudlcVNG" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1E40B206A2 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:50384 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIxK6-0006VX-QS for patchwork-qemu-devel@patchwork.kernel.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:03:54 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIxIi-0004Nd-EV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:02:28 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.120]:43477 helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIxIg-0005TS-B2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:02:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1600362145; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=g6feTZE7NH7AFOjJAIaNspw3zY8BqyS9EiAPBJM2vaM=; b=KudlcVNGTWo8vm5VPeVxj6KboG2KEYtQkzE4B2h7EEdNFJOzmX2ASYV139SrYQTC1oMRRs 9WLZkRLs27kkyNgDlT4xub7fpLnqPNED4grErboBfm7GSSJL6mITlV1wCnOLjdH1WjfcBM gwng13JRWYKurpVxH/b91kWHKQ5loBo= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-439-XWwAFB8SM8aiYU496WYuBA-1; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:02:23 -0400 X-MC-Unique: XWwAFB8SM8aiYU496WYuBA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0242D56BE2; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from steredhat.redhat.com (ovpn-113-199.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.113.199]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDAD5DA30; Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:02:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Stefano Garzarella To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: avoid error on cover letter files Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:02:12 +0200 Message-Id: <20200917170212.92672-1-sgarzare@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=sgarzare@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Received-SPF: pass client-ip=207.211.31.120; envelope-from=sgarzare@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/17 02:16:16 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -50 X-Spam_score: -5.1 X-Spam_bar: ----- X-Spam_report: (-5.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-2.997, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Paolo Bonzini , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , =?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-?= =?utf-8?q?Daud=C3=A9?= , Stefan Hajnoczi , "Michael S. Tsirkin" Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Running checkpatch on a directory that contains a cover letter reports this error: Checking /tmp/tmpbnngauy3/0000-cover-letter.patch... ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 0 lines checked Let's skip cover letter as it is already done in the Linux kernel. Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index bd3faa154c..3c898f878a 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"); }