Re: [PATCH] [2/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch -MAINTAINERS

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Aug 13 2007 - 13:06:52 EST


On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 12:36 -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:10:16 PDT, Joe Perches said:
>
> > + 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
>
> Since somebody is going to screw up and do it - what are the semantics
> of 'drivers/net' and forgetting the trailing slash?

Looks for a specific file in the patch called drivers/net

> is it silent or noisy (if it's silent, it won't get fixed)

silent

> + F: */net/* all files in "any top level directory"/net
> Does the leading '*' match exactly one level

Yes

> or will it match foo/bar/net/* as

No match, the script counts slashes

+sub file_match_pattern {
+ my ($file, $pattern) = @_;
+ if (substr($pattern, -1) eq "/") {
+ if ($file =~ m@^$pattern@) {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if ($file =~ m@^$pattern@) {
+ my $s1 = ($file =~ tr@/@@);
+ my $s2 = ($pattern =~ tr@/@@);
+ if ($s1 == $s2) {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}

Enhancements appreciated.

> Is a construction like 'net/*/netfilter/*' legal?

Yes

cheers, Joe

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