When reading a patch file from standard input, checkpatch calls it "Your patch", and reports its state as:
Your patch has style problems, please review. or: Your patch has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission. Hence when checking multiple patches by piping them to checkpatch, e.g. when checking patchwork bundles using: formail -s scripts/checkpatch.pl < bundle-foo.mbox it is difficult to identify which patches need to be reviewed and improved. Fix this by replacing "Your patch" by the patch subject, if present. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 6fcc66afb0880830..6b9feb4d646a116b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1047,6 +1047,10 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) { } while (<$FILE>) { chomp; + if ($vname eq 'Your patch') { + my ($subject) = $_ =~ /^Subject:\s*(.*)/; + $vname = '"' . $subject . '"' if $subject; + } push(@rawlines, $_); } close($FILE); -- 2.17.1