linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch: false positive "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" warning

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Message-ID: <b5b363ef96a1bfad6965c4b01c8737990b8f4e91.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:52:02 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: false positive "does MAINTAINERS need updating?"
 warning

On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 13:44 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> 
> I ran checkpatch.pl against the following:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1136334/
> 
> 
> I did update MAINTAINERS, but I still get
> "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" warning.
> Why?

Because checkpatch is not able to determine
that you updated MAINTAINERS correctly.

Ignore checkpatch output when you know better.

> 
> 
> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch
> WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
> #18:
>  Documentation/{kbuild => admin-guide}/namespaces.rst | 0
> 
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 14 lines checked
> 
> NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
>       mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
> 
> 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch has style
> problems, please review.
> 
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
>       them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
> 
>