linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rectify file patterns for NETFILTER

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Message-ID: <d03c87f9fcc4bb68c148cfad12cafef5f2385eef.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:58:33 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org
Cc:     Ralf Ramsauer <ralf.ramsauer@...-regensburg.de>,
        Pia Eichinger <pia.eichinger@...oth-regensburg.de>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rectify file patterns for NETFILTER

On Mon, 2020-11-09 at 10:19 +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> The two file patterns in the NETFILTER section:
> 
>   F:      include/linux/netfilter*
>   F:      include/uapi/linux/netfilter*
> 
> intended to match the directories:
> 
>   ./include{/uapi}/linux/netfilter_{arp,bridge,ipv4,ipv6}
> 
> A quick check with ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --letters -f will show that
> they are not matched, though, because this pattern only matches files, but
> not directories.
> 
> Rectify the patterns to match the intended directories.
[]
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -12139,10 +12139,10 @@ W:	http://www.nftables.org/
>  Q:	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/list/
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf.git
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next.git
> -F:	include/linux/netfilter*
> +F:	include/linux/netfilter*/
>  F:	include/linux/netfilter/

This line could be deleted or perhaps moved up one line above

F:	include/linux/netfilter/
F:	include/linux/netfilter*/

(as the second line already matches the first line's files too)

>  F:	include/net/netfilter/
> -F:	include/uapi/linux/netfilter*
> +F:	include/uapi/linux/netfilter*/
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/netfilter/

same here.

>  F:	net/*/netfilter.c
>  F:	net/*/netfilter/