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

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Message-ID: <20160513153435.GA2837@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 16:34:35 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

On Fri, 13 May, at 08:23:47AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 17:11 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> > 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:
> 
> Mark is confused.
 
Sorry, "confuses" was my word, not Mark's.

> The meaning of * is all the files in a particular
> directory but not any subdirectories.
 
Exactly. This is not what EFI maintainer entries should be using. I am
responsible for everything under drivers/firmware/efi, including
subdirectories.