From e0d975b1b439c4fef58fbc306c542c94f48bb849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:51:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 24d6702a95c2..41e7db451cc0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process { $in_commit_log = 0; } +# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated. If so, there's probably no need to +# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete + if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) { + $reported_maintainer_file = 1; + } + # Check signature styles if (!$in_header_lines && $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {