1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 1a49d1c7ecfe..f8f15a269e1a 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 SPATCH="`which ${SPATCH:=spatch}`"
 
+# The verbosity may be set by the environmental parameter V=
+# as for example with 'make V=1 coccicheck'
+
+if [ -n "$V" -a "$V" != "0" ]; then
+        VERBOSE=1
+else
+        VERBOSE=0
+fi
+
 if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ]; then
     ONLINE=1
 
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ coccinelle () {
 #
 #    $SPATCH -D $MODE $FLAGS -parse_cocci $COCCI $OPT > /dev/null
 
-    if [ "$ONLINE" = "0" ] ; then
+    if [ $VERBOSE -ne 0 ] ; then
 
         FILE=`echo $COCCI | sed "s|$srctree/||"`