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SubjectRe: XDP maintainer match (Was [PATCH v2 0/2] hwmon: (max127) Add Maxim MAX127 hardware monitoring)
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:59:28 -0800
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:09:53 -0800 Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-11-19 at 17:35 +0100, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 07:46:34 -0800 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I think it is a good idea to change the keyword (K:), but I'm not sure
> > > this catch what we want, maybe it does. The pattern match are meant to
> > > catch drivers containing XDP related bits.
> > >
> > > Previously Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> suggested this pattern match,
> > > which I don't fully understand... could you explain Joe?
> > >
> > >   (?:\b|_)xdp(?:\b|_)
> >
> > This regex matches only:
> >
> > xdp
> > xdp_<anything>
> > <anything>_xdp_<anything>
> > <anything>_xdp
> >
> > > For the filename (N:) regex match, I'm considering if we should remove
> > > it and list more files explicitly. I think normal glob * pattern
> > > works, which should be sufficient.
> >
> > Lists are generally more specific than regex globs.
>
> Checking like Alexei did it seems Joe's version is faster and better:
>
> $ git grep -l -E "[^a-z0-9]xdp[^a-z0-9]" | wc -l
> 295
> $ git grep -l -E '(\b|_)xdp(\b|_)' | wc -l
> 297
> $ time git grep -l -E '(\b|_)xdp(\b|_)' > /tmp/a

Okay, I guess this is the pattern you want: '(\b|_)xdp(\b|_)'


> Joe would you like to send a patch, or should I?

As you noticed I already send out a patch, I can send a new with your
pattern, as it seems to be faster.

--
Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer

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