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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index b52452bc2963..127968995847 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Available options: - --fix - This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature. If correctable errors exists, a file + This is an EXPERIMENTAL feature. If correctable errors exist, a file <inputfile>.EXPERIMENTAL-checkpatch-fixes is created which has the automatically fixable errors corrected. @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Available options: - --ignore-perl-version - Override checking of perl version. Runtime errors maybe encountered after + Override checking of perl version. Runtime errors may be encountered after enabling this flag if the perl version does not meet the minimum specified. - --codespell @@ -612,6 +612,13 @@ Commit message See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + **BAD_FIXES_TAG** + The Fixes: tag is malformed or does not follow the community conventions. + This can occur if the tag have been split into multiple lines (e.g., when + pasted in an email program with word wrapping enabled). + + See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + Comparison style ---------------- |