The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: fix --fix use with a patch of multiple files has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: fix --fix use with a patch of multiple files If a patch touches multiple files, the --fix and --fix-inplace option doesn't keep the proper line count and makes the new patch file not able to be applied via bad offset line numbers when lines are added or deleted by the --fix option. Dunno how that extra backslash snuck in there. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ sub fix_inserted_deleted_lines { foreach my $old_line (@{$linesRef}) { my $save_line = 1; my $line = $old_line; #don't modify the array - if ($line =~ /^(?:\+\+\+\|\-\-\-)\s+\S+/) { #new filename + if ($line =~ /^(?:\+\+\+|\-\-\-)\s+\S+/) { #new filename $delta_offset = 0; } elsif ($line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ \@\@/) { #new hunk $range_last_linenr = $new_linenr; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are ocfs2-logging-remove-static-buffer-use-vsprintf-extension-%pv.patch ocfs2-neaten-do_error-ocfs2_error-and-ocfs2_abort.patch slub-use-bool-function-return-values-of-true-false-not-1-0.patch maintainers-use-tabs-consistently.patch maintainers-credits-remove-stefano-brivio-from-b43.patch x86-mtrr-if-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch power-wakeup-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch rtc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch ipc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch microblaze-mb-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch microblaze-mb-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value-fix.patch nios2-cpuinfo-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch arm-plat-pxa-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch openrisc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch cris-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch cris-fasttimer-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch s390-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch proc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch cgroup-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch tracing-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch lru_cache-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch parisc-remove-use-of-seq_printf-return-value.patch lib-vsprintfc-even-faster-decimal-conversion.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch checkpatch-improve-no-space-is-necessary-after-a-cast-test.patch checkpatch-add-spell-checking-of-email-subject-line.patch checkpatch-spell-check-reudce.patch checkpatch-add-optional-codespell-dictionary-to-find-more-typos.patch checkpatch-match-more-world-writable-permissions.patch checkpatch-match-more-world-writable-permissions-fix.patch checkpatch-improve-return-negative-errno-check.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-repeated-const-uses.patch checkpatch-dont-ask-for-asm-fileh-to-linux-fileh-unconditionally.patch checkpatch-submittingpatches-suggest-line-wrapping-commit-messages-at-75-columns.patch checkpatch-add-define-foo-string-long-line-exception.patch checkpatch-add-uart_ops-to-normally-const-structs.patch checkpatch-add-prefer-array_size-test.patch checkpatch-improve-operator-spacing-check.patch checkpatch-add-a-test-for-const-with-__read_mostly-uses.patch checkpatchpl-new-instances-of-enosys-are-errors.patch errnoh-improve-enosyss-comment.patch checkpatch-fix-fix-use-with-a-patch-of-multiple-files.patch rtc-use-more-standard-kernel-logging-styles.patch adfs-returning-correct-return-values.patch linux-next.patch proc-show-locks-in-proc-pid-fdinfo-x.patch proc-show-locks-in-proc-pid-fdinfo-x-v2.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html