On Tue, 2022-11-22 at 19:12 -0600, Robert Elliott wrote:
> If a file named "b" happens to exist, checkpatch complains
> as it parses the patch lines specifying the filenames.
>
> WARNING: patch prefix 'b' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch
>
> Squelch that by only complaining if that is a directory,
> not a regular file, and print the whole path causing concern.
> WARNING: patch prefix './b' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch
Seems OK
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@hpe.com>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index d11d58e36ee9..5a0252265d3f 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2834,9 +2834,9 @@ sub process {
>
> $p1_prefix = $1;
> if (!$file && $tree && $p1_prefix ne '' &&
> - -e "$root/$p1_prefix") {
> + -d "$root/$p1_prefix") {
> WARN("PATCH_PREFIX",
> - "patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
> + "patch prefix '$root/$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
> }
>
> if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {