Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

[Rahul Garg]

Hi All,

I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder.
But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the
same error for all the files :

ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch

I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree again.

So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?

Regards
Rahul

Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

[Sudip Mukherjee]

On Jul 27, 2014 2:31 PM, "Rahul Garg" <rahul.lnmiit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder.

what you are trying to check? a patch or style problem of any code??

> But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the
> same error for all the files :
>
> ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
>
> I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree
again.
>
> So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?
>
> Regards
> Rahul
>
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Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

[Yann Droneaud]

Hi,

Le dimanche 27 juillet 2014 ? 14:30 +0530, Rahul Garg a ?crit :

> I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder.
> But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the
> same error for all the files :
> 
> ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
> 
> I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree again.
> 
> So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?
> 

If it's not a patch, you have to use -f flag to check a plain source
file.

Regards.

-- 
Yann Droneaud
OPTEYA

Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

[anish singh]

On Jul 27, 2014 2:01 AM, "Rahul Garg" <rahul.lnmiit@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder.
> But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the
> same error for all the files :
>
> ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
Use -f for giving files as input
If you have a real patch then just give the patch name
>
> I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree
again.
>
> So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?
>
> Regards
> Rahul
>
> _______________________________________________
> Kernelnewbies mailing list
> Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
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Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

[Jitendra kumar Khasdev]

Rahul Garg <rahul.lnmiit <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder.
> But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the
> same error for all the files :
> 
> ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
> 
> I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree
again.
> 
> So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?
> 
> Regards
> Rahul
> 


Dear Rahul,
 
It seems that while running ./script/checkpatch.pl you are missing flags.
I think try this command:

./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file --terse ./drivers/staging/comedi/drives/<your
file name>