Re: [PATCH 0/4] checkpatch: improve exit criterias

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From: Joe Perches

Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 04:06:07 EST

On Sun, 2026-11-08 at 04:21 +0000, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> When invoking checkpatch with the --mailback argument over a range of
> patches the tool unexpectedly exits successfully on the first clean
> patch. For example:
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --mailback --git v7.3-rc1..

Why is it useful to do this?