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[v2,5/5] checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

Message ID 20180430124651.10340-6-stefanha@redhat.com
State New
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Series checkpatch: backport UTF-8 fixes and MAINTAINERS check | expand

Commit Message

Stefan Hajnoczi April 30, 2018, 12:46 p.m. UTC 
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to
the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly
and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message.

Reported by many people.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
(cherry picked from e0d975b1b439c4fef58fbc306c542c94f48bb849)
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 84bdf53af7..5506502cf4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1390,6 +1390,12 @@  sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
+# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
+		if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
+			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+		}
+
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
 		if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
 		    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||