linux-kernel - Re:[RFC PATCH] Add a new "Frozen" status to MAINTAINERS subsystem entries

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Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:51:50 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From:   Bernard <bernard@...o.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re:[RFC PATCH] Add a new "Frozen" status to MAINTAINERS subsystem entries


From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: 2020-11-24 06:24:07
To:  Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>
Cc:  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Add a new "Frozen" status to MAINTAINERS subsystem entries>On Mon, 2020-11-23 at 22:42 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>> For this old driver we should try to limit patches to bug fixing and
>> infrastructure updates.
>
>It might be useful to add a new "S:" entry type to these old drivers
>as supported/maintained/obsolete may not really be appropriate.
>
>How about something like "S: Frozen" and checkpatch could emit a
>message similar to the one for unnecessary changes to obsolete code?
>
>So using the below would emit:
>
>$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dma.c
>WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dma.c is marked as 'frozen' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy.  No unnecessary modifications please.
>
>Maybe like the below (and fyi there's no additional git lookup overhead as
>the initial obsolete check already caches the git result).
>
>---
> MAINTAINERS           | 10 +++++++++-
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++----
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>index 5f10105cac6f..6374d29180b8 100644
>--- a/MAINTAINERS
>+++ b/MAINTAINERS
>@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ Descriptions of section entries and preferred order
> 	   Supported:	Someone is actually paid to look after this.
> 	   Maintained:	Someone actually looks after it.
> 	   Odd Fixes:	It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do
>-			much other than throw the odd patch in. See below..
>+			much other than throw the odd patch in.
>+	   Frozen:	Old code that should not be modified unless changes
>+			are to correct actual defects or API infrastructure.
>+			Cleanup/style changes are not generally accepted.
> 	   Orphan:	No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the
> 			role as you write your new code].
> 	   Obsolete:	Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means
>@@ -5718,6 +5721,11 @@ S:	Supported
> T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> F:	drivers/gpu/drm/udl/
> 
>+DRM DRIVER FOR VIA
>+L:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
>+S:	Frozen
>+F:	drivers/gpu/drm/via/
>+
> DRM DRIVER FOR VIRTUAL KERNEL MODESETTING (VKMS)
> M:	Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>
> M:	Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@...il.com>
>diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>index fdfd5ec09be6..79321cbfb761 100755
>--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
> 
> our %maintained_status = ();
> 
>-sub is_maintained_obsolete {
>-	my ($filename) = @_;
>+sub is_maintained {
>+	my ($filename, $test) = @_;
> 
> 	return 0 if (!$tree || !(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
> 
>@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ sub is_maintained_obsolete {
> 		$maintained_status{$filename} = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
> 	}
> 
>-	return $maintained_status{$filename} =~ /obsolete/i;
>+	return $maintained_status{$filename} =~ /$test/i;
> }
> 
> sub is_SPDX_License_valid {
>@@ -2633,9 +2633,12 @@ sub process {
> 		}
> 
> 		if ($found_file) {
>-			if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
>+			if (is_maintained($realfile, "obsolete")) {
> 				WARN("OBSOLETE",
> 				     "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy.  No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
>+			} elsif (is_maintained($realfile, "frozen")) {
>+				WARN("FROZEN",
>+				     "$realfile is marked as 'frozen' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy.  No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
> 			}
> 			if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
> 				$check = 1;

Hi:

For me, this seems to be a nice idea.
As a  newcomer to the community, maybe I am not sure which drivers are hot and which ones do not need too much attention.
With this patch script, it will give us a better guide.

BR//Bernard
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