[PATCH] checkpatch: Fix ignoring cover-letter logic

From: Stafford Horne
Date: Sat Sep 09 2017 - 05:05:19 EST


Currently running checkpatch on a directory with a cover-letter.patch
file reports the following error:

-----------------------------------------
patches/smp-v2/v2-0000-cover-letter.patch
-----------------------------------------

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

The logic to suppress the unified-diff check for cover letters is there
but is checking $file instead of $filename. Fix the variable to use the
correct one.

Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2287a0bca863..9e46986e06b8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6365,7 +6365,7 @@ sub process {
exit(0);
}

- if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
+ if (!$is_patch && $filename !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
"Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
}
--
2.13.5