linux-kernel - Re: scripts/checkpatch.pl: WARNING: patch prefix 'arch' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:04:00 +0530
From:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	davej@...hat.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: scripts/checkpatch.pl: WARNING: patch prefix 'arch' exists, 
	appears to be a -p0 patch

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:33:40PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>> Hello Andy,
>>
>> How to get rid of this warning:
>>
>>  #./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file arch/x86/kernel/module_32.c
>> WARNING: patch prefix 'arch' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch
>>
>> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 152 lines checked
>>
>> arch/x86/kernel/module_32.c has style problems, please review.  If any
>> of these errors
>> are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
>> CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
>
> That looks wrong to me.  Will have a look at it.
>
> Ahh yes, thats just wrong.  Should be fixed in the tip of my tree, and
> will be in the next block of updates.  You can check against the version
> at:
>
>  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing
>

Fixed, thanks :-)

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JSR
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