The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*_driver has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-do-not-check-missing-blank-line-before-builtin__driver.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*_driver checkpatch.pl does not check missing blank line before module_*_driver. I want it to behave likewise for builtin_*_driver. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1505700081-12854-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-do-not-check-missing-blank-line-before-builtin__driver scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-do-not-check-missing-blank-line-before-builtin__driver +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3105,6 +3105,7 @@ sub process { $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ || $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ || $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ || + $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ || $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) { if (CHK("LINE_SPACING", "Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev) && _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are -- 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