Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Adjust the top_of_kernel_tree check for kvm-unit-tests

[Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 04:32:58PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> 
> The copy of checkpatch.pl that we currently have in the kvm-unit-tests
> repository refuses to work without the --no-tree switch, since it looks
> for some kernel-related files to determine the top directory. Adjust this
> list of files for the kvm-unit-tests repository to make it work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index acef47b7..e858261c 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1382,9 +1382,8 @@ sub top_of_kernel_tree {
>  	my ($root) = @_;
>  
>  	my @tree_check = (
> -		"COPYING", "CREDITS", "Kbuild", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
> -		"README", "Documentation", "arch", "include", "drivers",
> -		"fs", "init", "ipc", "kernel", "lib", "scripts",
> +		"COPYRIGHT", "LICENSE", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
> +		"README.md", "docs", "lib", "scripts",
>  	);
>  
>  	foreach my $check (@tree_check) {
> -- 
> 2.50.1
>

Merged.

Thanks,
drew