It is convenient to be able to deal with checkpatch warnings in the same way as build warnings. Tools such as emacs and kate can quickly locate the source file and line automatically.
To achieve this, adjust the format to match the C compiler, and output to stderr.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org ---
tools/patman/checkpatch.py | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py index be78fc510b8..2915d97950d 100644 --- a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py +++ b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def GetWarningMsg(col, msg_type, fname, line, msg): msg_type = col.Color(col.RED, msg_type) elif msg_type == 'check': msg_type = col.Color(col.MAGENTA, msg_type) - return '%s: %s,%d: %s' % (msg_type, fname, line, msg) + return '%s:%d: %s: %s\n' % (fname, line, msg_type, msg)
def CheckPatches(verbose, args): '''Run the checkpatch.pl script on each patch''' @@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def CheckPatches(verbose, args): result.checks): print("Internal error: some problems lost") for item in result.problems: - print(GetWarningMsg(col, item.get('type', '<unknown>'), + sys.stderr.write( + GetWarningMsg(col, item.get('type', '<unknown>'), item.get('file', '<unknown>'), item.get('line', 0), item.get('msg', 'message'))) print