There are mode change and rename only patches that are unrecognized by checkpatch.
Recognize them. Reported-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index baddac9379f0..61849a4d7132 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2375,6 +2375,14 @@ sub process { my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1]; +# check if it's a mode change, rename or start of a patch + if (!$in_commit_log && + ($line =~ /^ mode change [0-7]+ => [0-7]+ \S+\s*$/ || + ($line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) \S+\s*$/ || + $line =~ /^diff --git a\/[\w\/\.\_\-]+ b\/\S+\s*$/)) { + $is_patch = 1; + } + #extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied if (!$in_commit_log && $line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@(.*)/) { -- 2.15.0
