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checkpatch: see if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS 

Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files.  If
"obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7ceaa510dc9d2df05ec4b456baed7bb1415550b3.1471889575.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2016-10-11 13:51:44 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 2d13e6ca42
commit 85b0ee18bb
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@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
}
}
sub is_maintained_obsolete {
my ($filename) = @_;
return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback $filename 2>&1`;
return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
}
my $camelcase_seeded = 0;
sub seed_camelcase_includes {
return if ($camelcase_seeded);
@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process {
}
if ($found_file) {
if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
WARN("OBSOLETE",
"$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
}
if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
$check = 1;
} else {