From: Allen Hubbe <allenbh@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: if no filenames then read stdin If no filenames are given, then read the patch from stdin. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a8784f291ccb5067361992bf5d41ff6cfb0ce5cb.1469830917.git.allenbh@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Allen Hubbe <allenbh@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-if-no-filenames-then-read-stdin scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-if-no-filenames-then-read-stdin +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ if ($^V && $^V lt $minimum_perl_version) } } +#if no filenames are given, push '-' to read patch from stdin if ($#ARGV < 0) { - print "$P: no input files\n"; - exit(1); + push(@ARGV, '-'); } sub hash_save_array_words { _ -- 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