linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update phylink/sfp keyword matching

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whbLwN9GEVVt=7eYhPYk0t0Wh1xeuNEDD+xmQxBFjAQJA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Aug 2020 11:11:28 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update phylink/sfp keyword matching

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:34 AM Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Is this something you're willing to merge directly please?

Done.

That said:

> -K:     phylink
> +K:     phylink\.h|struct\s+phylink|\.phylink|>phylink_|phylink_(autoneg|clear|connect|create|destroy|disconnect|ethtool|helper|mac|mii|of|set|start|stop|test|validate)

That's a very awkward pattern. I wonder if there could be better ways
to express this (ie "only apply this pattern to these files" kind of
thing)

Isn't the 'F' pattern already complete enough that maybe the K pattern
isn't even worth it?

Just a thought, no biggie.

           Linus