From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx205.postini.com [74.125.245.205]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBE806B0031 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:51:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1370843475.58124.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 22:51:15 -0700 (PDT) From: PINTU KUMAR Reply-To: PINTU KUMAR Subject: [checkpatch] - Confusion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Hi,=0A=0AI wanted to submit my first patch.=0ABut I have some confusion abo= ut the /scripts/checkpatch.pl errors.=0A=0AAfter correcting some checkpatch= errors, when I run checkpatch.pl, it showed me 0 errors.=0ABut when I crea= te patches are git format-patch, it is showing me 1 error.=0A=0AIf I fix er= ror in patch, it showed me back again in files.=0A=0ANow, I am confused whi= ch error to fix while submitting patches, the file or the patch errors.=0A= =0APlease provide your opinion.=0A=0AFile: mm/page_alloc.c=0APrevious file = errors:=0Atotal: 16 errors, 110 warnings, 6255 lines checked=0A=0AAfter fix= ing errors:=0Atotal: 0 errors, 105 warnings, 6255 lines checked=0A=0A=0AAnd= , after running on patch:=0AERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:= WxV)=0A#153: FILE: mm/page_alloc.c:5476:=0A+int min_free_kbytes_sysctl_hand= ler(ctl_table *table, int write,=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A- Pintu -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org