linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 17:11:58 +0200
From:	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

Matt Fleming wrote:

> Mark reported that having asterisks on the end of directory names
> confuses get_maintainer.pl when it encounters subdirectories, and that

If this's a get_maintainer.pl bug, it should also happen in:

F:      arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/*
F:      arch/mips/bcm47xx/*
F:      arch/mips/bmips/*
F:      arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/*
F:      arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bmips/*
F:      arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/*
F:      arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/*
F:      arch/x86/net/*
F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arc/*
F:      Documentation/misc-devices/mei/*
F:      Documentation/ptp/*
F:      drivers/block/xen-blkback/*
F:      drivers/char/*
F:      drivers/cpuidle/*
F:      drivers/firmware/broadcom/*
F:      drivers/hwtracing/coresight/*
F:      drivers/media/i2c/s5c73m3/*
F:      drivers/media/pci/netup_unidvb/*
F:      drivers/media/platform/vivid/*
F:      drivers/media/usb/pwc/*
F:      drivers/misc/*
F:      drivers/misc/mei/*
F:      drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/*
F:      drivers/net/ethernet/pasemi/*
F:      drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/*
F:      drivers/net/wireless/ath/*
F:      drivers/net/xen-netback/*
F:      drivers/nvdimm/*
F:      drivers/ptp/*
F:      drivers/soc/samsung/*
F:      drivers/soc/ti/*
F:      fs/*
F:      kernel/events/*
F:      net/wireless/*
F:      sound/soc/blackfin/*
F:      sound/soc/samsung/*
F:      tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/*

> my name does not appear when run on drivers/firmware/efi/libstub.
> Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 42e65d128d01..4dca3b3895ba 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -4223,8 +4223,8 @@ F:	Documentation/efi-stub.txt
>  F:	arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
>  F:	arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.[ch]
>  F:	arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
> -F:	arch/x86/platform/efi/*
> -F:	drivers/firmware/efi/*
> +F:	arch/x86/platform/efi/
> +F:	drivers/firmware/efi/
>  F:	include/linux/efi*.h
>  
>  EFI VARIABLE FILESYSTEM
> -- 
> 2.7.3