linux-kernel - RE: [char-misc-next] Revert "mei: hdcp: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member"

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:08:41 +0000
From:   "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [char-misc-next] Revert "mei: hdcp: Replace one-element array
 with flexible-array member"

> On Tue, 2020-07-28 at 22:14 +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
> []
> > > I'm using this command:
> > >
> > > $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --nokeywords --nogit --nogit-fallback
> > >
> > > and this is the output for both files:
> > >
> > > $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl --nokeywords --nogit --nogit-fallback
> > > drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS) Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS)
> > > linux- kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list) $
> > > scripts/get_maintainer.pl --nokeywords -- nogit --nogit-fallback
> > > drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.h Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS) Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> (supporter:CHAR and MISC DRIVERS)
> > > linux- kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list) For some reason you don't
> > > appear on the list above. Do you see anything wrong with the command
> I'm running to get the maintainers and lists?
> >
> > Not sure, it should be caught by drivers/misc/mei/* ?
> 
> No, this pattern matches _only_ files in that particular directory and not any
> files in any subdirectory.
> 
> > Maybe it is not recursive?
> 
> It depends on the pattern.
> Patterns with trailing slashes match subdirectories too.
> 
> from MAINTAINERS:
> 
> 	F: *Files* and directories wildcard patterns.
> 	   A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files.
> 	   F:	drivers/net/	all files in and below drivers/net
> 	   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.
> 
> 
> > Need to check the script,
> > frankly I usually check this manually.  prob
> >
> > INTEL MANAGEMENT ENGINE (mei)
> > M:      Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> > L:      linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > S:      Supported
> > F:      Documentation/driver-api/mei/*
> > F:      drivers/misc/mei/*
> 
> You probably want:
> 
> F:	drivers/misc/mei/
Yes, thanks.
Tomas