[PATCH] checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: 2016-08-22 18:17:40
Also in:
kernel-janitors, lkml, netdev
Subsystem:
checkpatch, the rest · Maintainers:
Andy Whitcroft, Joe Perches, Linus Torvalds
Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files. If "obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4de3cc4..df5e9d9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl@@ -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 {
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2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8