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Subject[PATCH] checkpatch: enable MAINTAINERS warning only for --strict,--subjective
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The rule which delivers this warning is very prone to errors:

"added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?"

so it should not be enabled by default.

The current checkpatch rule doesn't check:
1. whether other patches in the same series update MAINTAINERS
2. whether MAINTAINERS already contains a sufficient entry (e.g., with
an appropriate wildcard pattern)

Given that #1 is impossible to fix and #2 is highly subjective (what's
"appropriate"? is the subsystem maintainer fine with maintaining a new
small driver? or should the driver author be adding himself/herself for
a niche driver?), I'd be just as happy to remove this rule entirely.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f0bb6d60c07b..7057d1f54947 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ sub process {
}

# Check for added, moved or deleted files
- if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
+ if ($check && !$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
$line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) [\w\/\.\-]+\s*$/ ||
($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
--
1.9.1


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