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Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-doc touching this subsystem.

• [PATCH] docs: checkpatch: Fix DEVICE_ATTR_WO macro name 2026-11-07 · Mauro Codella <hidden>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: warn about possible missing gitignore coverage in selftests 2026-07-28 · Cihan Karadag <hidden>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: Validate committer sign-off 2026-07-24 · Bjorn Andersson <hidden>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: warn on Rust unwrap and expect calls 2026-07-07 · Harish-CS <hidden>
• [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add --json output mode 2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add --json output mode 2026-04-08 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: add --json output mode 2026-04-06 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: allow correctly handle full files on stdin 2026-03-26 · Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
• LANDED · 2 reviews, 2 by maintainers [PATCH v7] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-12-03 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• LANDED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h 2025-11-26 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h 2025-11-26 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH RESEND v6] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-11-25 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v5] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-11-24 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH RESEND v4] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-11-17 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v4] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-11-07 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH RESEND v3] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-11-04 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• REVIEWED · 1 review, 1 by a maintainer [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-10-25 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• checkpatch: add checks incorrectly initialized pointers with __free attr v2 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 2 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 1/2] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-10-24
  • [PATCH v2 2/2] add check for pointers with __free attribute initialized to NULL 2025-10-24
  2025-10-24 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check 2025-10-21 · Ally Heev <hidden>
• LANDED [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: checkpatch: Drop networking comment style 2025-10-17 · Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
• LANDED · 2 reviews, 2 by maintainers [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style 2025-10-17 · Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
• [PATCH] docs: checkpatch: Align block comment style 2025-10-17 · Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
• checkpatch: add new check PLACEHOLDER_USE v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/2] checkpatch: document new check PLACEHOLDER_USE 2025-09-17
  2025-09-17 · Onur Özkan <work@onurozkan.dev>
• Internalize www.kernel.org/doc cross-references v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 3 of 13 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 13/13] Documentation: checkpatch: Convert kernel docs references 2025-09-10
  2025-09-10 · Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
• Internalize www.kernel.org/doc cross-reference v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 14 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 14/14] Documentation: checkpatch: Convert kernel docs references 2025-08-29
  2025-08-29 · Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
• [PATCH] checkpatch: validate commit tag ordering 2025-07-24 · Hendrik Hamerlinck <hidden>
• Follow-up to RGMII mode clarification: am65-cpsw fix + checkpatch v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] checkpatch: check for comment explaining rgmii(|-rxid|-txid) PHY modes 2025-06-24
  2025-06-24 · Matthias Schiffer <hidden>
• RGMII mode clarification + am65-cpsw fix v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH net-next 4/4] checkpatch: check for comment explaining rgmii(|-rxid|-txid) PHY modes 2025-04-15
  2025-04-15 · Matthias Schiffer <hidden>
• checkpatch: Add support for checkpatch-ignore note v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: checkpatch: Document checkpatch-ignore feature 2025-01-15
  2025-02-17 · Brendan Jackman <hidden>
• [PATCH] kbuild: remove EXTRA_*FLAGS support 2025-02-05 · Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>