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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: "Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>,
	"Andy Whitcroft" <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl: Bogus case of DT_SPLIT_BINDING_PATCH
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:55:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4abaac7b4b792dd44880d8acf6ef51d9db89e512.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X+5LAFw7AHvAXJaK@latitude>

On Thu, 2020-12-31 at 23:04 +0100, Jonathan Neuschäfer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've encountered a case where the DT_SPLIT_BINDING_PATCH warning was
> emitted even though I didn't change anything outside of Documentation/
> devicetree/bindings. I just converted a binding from plain text to YAML.

Rob?  Your code...

> Here's a transcript of checkpatch (from Linux 5.11-rc1)'s output:
> 
>   $ scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict patches-wpcm/0001-dt-bindings-arm-Convert-nuvoton-npcm750-binding-to-Y.patch
>   WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
>   #31:
>   deleted file mode 100644
>   
> 
>   WARNING: DT binding docs and includes should be a separate patch. See: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
>   
> 
>   WARNING: DT binding docs and includes should be a separate patch. See: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
>   
> 
>   total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 0 checks, 21 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.
>   
> 
>   patches-wpcm/0001-dt-bindings-arm-Convert-nuvoton-npcm750-binding-to-Y.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.
> 
> 
> I attached the patch, for reference.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Jonathan Neuschäfer



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