Re: [PATCH V2] MAINTAINERS: add keyword "tegra" to Tegra section

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Feb 11 2013 - 13:04:40 EST


On Mon, 2013-02-11 at 11:01 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 02/11/2013 10:56 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-02-11 at 10:51 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
> >> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> The intent is to ensure that all Tegra-related patches are sent to the
> >> linux-tegra@ mailing list, so people can keep up-to-date on all misc
> >> driver changes.
> >>
> >> Doing this with a keyword is far simpler and more compact than listing
> >> all Tegra-related drivers, even if wildcards were used.
> >>
> >> Words such as integrate or integrator are common. Ensure the character
> >> right before "tegra" isn't a-z (case-insensitive), to make sure the
> >> keyword doesn't match those.
> >>
> >> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> MAINTAINERS | 4 +---
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> >> index b98c89b..10e9b31 100644
> >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> >> @@ -7829,9 +7829,7 @@ L: linux-tegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Q: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-tegra/list/
> >> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/swarren/linux-tegra.git
> >> S: Supported
> >> -F: arch/arm/mach-tegra
> >> -F: arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra*
> >> -F: arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig
> >> +K: (?i)[^a-z]tegra
> >>
> >> TEHUTI ETHERNET DRIVER
> >> M: Andy Gospodarek <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > It's probably not a good idea to remove
> > any of the F: lines as there are files
> > that could get modified in those paths
> > without any tegra word in the patch.
>
> At least for those F: lines that exist already and are removed above,
> the keyword will match their filename, so there's no issue here.
>

Not every use of get_maintainers is by patch.

./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f arch/arm/mach-tegra

wouldn't match anything.


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