On Fri, 2021-10-15 at 15:58 +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote: > Some patches have been sent, the RFC tag of which is > outside the subject prefix is incorrect. like this: > "Subject: [PATCH v2] RFC:" > > Perfer "Subject: [RFC PATCH v2]" to "Subject: [PATCH v2] RFC:", > so add check item for it. typo of prefer but does this matter enough to make it a test? Same typo in next patch. > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl [] > @@ -3121,6 +3121,12 @@ sub process { > "A patch subject line should describe the change not the tool that found it\n" . $herecurr); > } > > +# Check if RFC tags is outside the subject prefix > + if ($in_header_lines && $line =~ /^Subject:.*patch\s*.*]\s*rfc:/i) { > + WARN("RFC_TAG_PREFIX", > + "RFC tag is outside subject prefix, try \"git format-patch --rfc\"\n" . $herecurr); > + } > + > # Check for Gerrit Change-Ids not in any patch context > if ($realfile eq '' && !$has_patch_separator && $line =~ /^\s*change-id:/i) { > if (ERROR("GERRIT_CHANGE_ID",