linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch WARNING: patch prefix 'b' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1110181819110.12850@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:27:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch WARNING: patch prefix 'b' exists, appears to be a
 -p0 patch

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Joe Perches wrote:

> > > This started happening when I run checkpatch on pretty much anything.
> > > triggered by the b in this snipped for example
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/stargate2.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/stargate2.c
> > > index 3f8d0af..62dc2a8 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/stargate2.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/stargate2.c
> > > @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
> > >  #include <linux/mfd/da903x.h>
> > > Anyone else seeing this or have a clue what the heck is going on?
> 
> It's done this since:
> 
> $ git log -1 1e85572697b348b1a126520349a29654f2ae6a12
> commit 1e85572697b348b1a126520349a29654f2ae6a12
> Author: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
> Date:   Tue Jan 6 14:41:24 2009 -0800
> 
>     checkpatch: Add warning for p0-patches
>     

Hmm, not sure how useful that is unless both prefixes ('a' and 'b') exist.
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