checkpatch: don't emit unified-diff error for rename-only patches
I generated a patch with `git format-patch` which checkpatch thinks is
invalid:
$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl lpc-dt/0006-mfd-dt-Move-syscon-bindings-to-syscon-subdirectory.patch
WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/{ => syscon}/aspeed-scu.txt | 0
ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
total: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 0 lines checked
NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
lpc-dt/0006-mfd-dt-Move-syscon-bindings-to-syscon-subdirectory.patch has style problems, please review.
NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
The patch in question was all renames with no edits, giving 100%
similarity and thus no diff markers.
Set '$is_patch = 1;' in the add/remove/rename detection to avoid
generating spurious warnings.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161205232224.22685-1-andrew@aj.id.au
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7997300..ac5656e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2589,6 +2589,7 @@
$line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) [\w\/\.\-]+\s*$/ ||
($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
(defined($1) || defined($2))))) {
+ $is_patch = 1;
$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
"added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);