Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: report warning with files ending with blank lines

[Christian Marangi]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 11:30:20AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-10-07 at 19:54 +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > Yes if you think about this, this will read the last line of the .patch,
> > not the last line of a new file that will be generated by the .patch.
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 70a11f2ff61d..0b9946c532af 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -785,3 +785,9 @@ S:	Maintained
> >  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/airoha,en7581-snand.yaml
> >  F:	drivers/spi/spi-airoha-snfi.c
> >  
> > +AIROHA USB PHY DRIVER
> > +M:	Christian Marangi <[ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx](mailto:ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx)>
> > +L:	[linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx](mailto:linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (moderated for non-subscribers)
> > +S:	Maintained
> > +F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/airoha,an7581-usb-phy.yaml
> > +
> > -- 
> > 2.55.0
> > 
> > It's to catch situation like this. Example for entire new file or adding
> > stuff at the end of a file, where a new line is introduced.
> > 
> > git am will complain about this.
> 
> It seems there's something odd about the patch content
> as there aren't any context lines after the addition.
> 
> How was it generated ?

It was just an example, it's not the full patch. Just the last patch.

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