linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] get_maintainer: create filename-only regex match type

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Date:	Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:06:07 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>,
	Lucas Stach <dev@...xeye.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] get_maintainer: create filename-only regex match
 type

On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 16:36 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> 
> Create a new N: entry type in MAINTAINERS which performs a regex match
> against filenames; either those extracted from patch +++ or --- lines,
> or those specified on the command-line using the -f option.

NAK

At least get the prefix right and remove the
now incorrect filename matches in K:

> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 9561658..1671842 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>  	   F:	drivers/net/*	all files in drivers/net, but not below
>  	   F:	*/net/*		all files in "any top level directory"/net
>  	   One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
> +	N: Files and directories with regex patterns.
> +	   K:	[^a-z]tegra	all files whose patch contains the word tegra

N: not K:

> +	   One pattern per line.  Multiple N: lines acceptable.
>  	X: Files and directories that are NOT maintained, same rules as F:
>  	   Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
>  	   Can be useful for excluding a specific subdirectory, for instance:

and remove the K: descriptions that show filename too.

> diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> index ce4cc83..27dc5cb 100755
> --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ sub get_maintainers {
>  				    $hash{$tvi} = $value_pd;
>  				}
>  			    }
> -			} elsif ($type eq 'K') {
> +			} elsif ($type eq 'K' || $type eq 'N') {
>  			    if ($file =~ m/$value/x) {
>  				$hash{$tvi} = 0;
>  			    }

Remove K:  It has no value here.



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