diff --git a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
index d3a0477..83aaf71 100644
--- a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
+++ b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 
+import collections
 import command
 import gitutil
 import os
@@ -57,63 +58,86 @@
     """Run checkpatch.pl on a file.
 
     Returns:
-        4-tuple containing:
-            result: False=failure, True=ok
+        namedtuple containing:
+            ok: False=failure, True=ok
             problems: List of problems, each a dict:
                 'type'; error or warning
                 'msg': text message
                 'file' : filename
                 'line': line number
+            errors: Number of errors
+            warnings: Number of warnings
+            checks: Number of checks
             lines: Number of lines
+            stdout: Full output of checkpatch
     """
-    result = False
-    error_count, warning_count, lines = 0, 0, 0
-    problems = []
+    fields = ['ok', 'problems', 'errors', 'warnings', 'checks', 'lines',
+              'stdout']
+    result = collections.namedtuple('CheckPatchResult', fields)
+    result.ok = False
+    result.errors, result.warning, result.checks = 0, 0, 0
+    result.lines = 0
+    result.problems = []
     chk = FindCheckPatch()
     item = {}
-    stdout = command.Output(chk, '--no-tree', fname)
+    result.stdout = command.Output(chk, '--no-tree', fname)
     #pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     #stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
 
     # total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 159 lines checked
+    # or:
+    # total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 7 checks, 473 lines checked
     re_stats = re.compile('total: (\\d+) errors, (\d+) warnings, (\d+)')
+    re_stats_full = re.compile('total: (\\d+) errors, (\d+) warnings, (\d+)'
+                               ' checks, (\d+)')
     re_ok = re.compile('.*has no obvious style problems')
     re_bad = re.compile('.*has style problems, please review')
     re_error = re.compile('ERROR: (.*)')
     re_warning = re.compile('WARNING: (.*)')
+    re_check = re.compile('CHECK: (.*)')
     re_file = re.compile('#\d+: FILE: ([^:]*):(\d+):')
 
-    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+    for line in result.stdout.splitlines():
         if verbose:
             print line
 
         # A blank line indicates the end of a message
         if not line and item:
-            problems.append(item)
+            result.problems.append(item)
             item = {}
-        match = re_stats.match(line)
+        match = re_stats_full.match(line)
+        if not match:
+            match = re_stats.match(line)
         if match:
-            error_count = int(match.group(1))
-            warning_count = int(match.group(2))
-            lines = int(match.group(3))
+            result.errors = int(match.group(1))
+            result.warnings = int(match.group(2))
+            if len(match.groups()) == 4:
+                result.checks = int(match.group(3))
+                result.lines = int(match.group(4))
+            else:
+                result.lines = int(match.group(3))
         elif re_ok.match(line):
-            result = True
+            result.ok = True
         elif re_bad.match(line):
-            result = False
-        match = re_error.match(line)
-        if match:
-            item['msg'] = match.group(1)
+            result.ok = False
+        err_match = re_error.match(line)
+        warn_match = re_warning.match(line)
+        file_match = re_file.match(line)
+        check_match = re_check.match(line)
+        if err_match:
+            item['msg'] = err_match.group(1)
             item['type'] = 'error'
-        match = re_warning.match(line)
-        if match:
-            item['msg'] = match.group(1)
+        elif warn_match:
+            item['msg'] = warn_match.group(1)
             item['type'] = 'warning'
-        match = re_file.match(line)
-        if match:
-            item['file'] = match.group(1)
-            item['line'] = int(match.group(2))
+        elif check_match:
+            item['msg'] = check_match.group(1)
+            item['type'] = 'check'
+        elif file_match:
+            item['file'] = file_match.group(1)
+            item['line'] = int(file_match.group(2))
 
-    return result, problems, error_count, warning_count, lines, stdout
+    return result
 
 def GetWarningMsg(col, msg_type, fname, line, msg):
     '''Create a message for a given file/line
@@ -128,37 +152,39 @@
         msg_type = col.Color(col.YELLOW, msg_type)
     elif msg_type == 'error':
         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)
 
 def CheckPatches(verbose, args):
     '''Run the checkpatch.pl script on each patch'''
-    error_count = 0
-    warning_count = 0
+    error_count, warning_count, check_count = 0, 0, 0
     col = terminal.Color()
 
     for fname in args:
-        ok, problems, errors, warnings, lines, stdout = CheckPatch(fname,
-                verbose)
-        if not ok:
-            error_count += errors
-            warning_count += warnings
-            print '%d errors, %d warnings for %s:' % (errors,
-                    warnings, fname)
-            if len(problems) != error_count + warning_count:
+        result = CheckPatch(fname, verbose)
+        if not result.ok:
+            error_count += result.errors
+            warning_count += result.warnings
+            check_count += result.checks
+            print '%d errors, %d warnings, %d checks for %s:' % (result.errors,
+                    result.warnings, result.checks, col.Color(col.BLUE, fname))
+            if (len(result.problems) != result.errors + result.warnings +
+                    result.checks):
                 print "Internal error: some problems lost"
-            for item in problems:
-                print GetWarningMsg(col, item['type'],
+            for item in result.problems:
+                print GetWarningMsg(col, item.get('type', '<unknown>'),
                         item.get('file', '<unknown>'),
-                        item.get('line', 0), item['msg'])
+                        item.get('line', 0), item.get('msg', 'message'))
+            print
             #print stdout
-    if error_count != 0 or warning_count != 0:
-        str = 'checkpatch.pl found %d error(s), %d warning(s)' % (
-            error_count, warning_count)
+    if error_count or warning_count or check_count:
+        str = 'checkpatch.pl found %d error(s), %d warning(s), %d checks(s)'
         color = col.GREEN
         if warning_count:
             color = col.YELLOW
         if error_count:
             color = col.RED
-        print col.Color(color, str)
+        print col.Color(color, str % (error_count, warning_count, check_count))
         return False
     return True