Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 1/3] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add empty codespell and const_structs configs

["Christoph Schlameuss" <schlameuss@linux.ibm.com>]

On Fri Apr 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM CEST, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 23/04/2026 16.16, Christoph Schlameuss wrote:
>> Without these files each patch is flagged with these errors providing no
>> value and swamping actually found warnings and errors:
>> 
>> ● xxxxxxxxxxxx: commit title
>>    ● checkpatch.pl: No typos will be found - file '.../kvm-unit-tests/scripts/spelling.txt': No such file or directory
>>    ● checkpatch.pl: No structs that should be const will be found - file '.../kvm-unit-tests/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch': No such file or directory
>
> Very weird, we've got the checkpatch.pl script in the tree since a while, 
> but I cannot remember having seen these warnings in the past. However, I 
> just tried to run checkpatch.pl with a patch, and I now get them, too ...
>

Maybe you did have a git setting modifying the arguments? IMO this just should
at least somewhat work OOTB.

>> diff --git a/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch b/scripts/const_structs.checkpatch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
>
> Maybe add "virtio_config_ops" to the file so that it does not look so empty?
>
> Anyway:
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

I agree that it does look strange completely empty. Will add virtio_config_ops.

Thanks