# Re: \[PATCH net\] bonding: initialize err for empty target lists

- From: Jakub Kicinski \<kuba@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2026-08-14 17:21:30 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17413877
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17408437/t.md

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On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:44:11 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I didn't mean it as a maintainer, it is customary and good practice
> > to email the author of the commit that introduced the regression,
> > that is all I was trying to say.  
> 
> Interesting:
> 
> scripts/get_maintainer.pl --help
> usage: scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile
>        scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file|directory
> version: 0.26
> 
> MAINTAINER field selection options:
>   --email => print email address(es) if any
> ...
>     --fixes => for patches, add signatures of commits with 'Fixes: <commit>' (default: 1 (on))
> 
> So it should of done it, if it was run on the patch, rather than the
> file.

FWIW it's a common mistake to run get maint on a file path.
I sent a patch once to print a WARNING when paths are used.
But apparently the path case has at least one important user - Linus :)
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