This series attempts to fix all stale MAINTAINER file "F" and "X" patterns.
First patch adds an option "checks" to get_maintainer.pl which outputs warnings for any "F" or "X" pattern found in MAINTAINER file which does not register any file/directory matches known by git in current worktree. Originally, I wrote a standalone script "check_maintainer", but as this duplicated some of the functions found in get_maintainer.pl it seemed to make more sense to change get_maintainer.pl directly. The "-x|--checks" option is intended to be used as follows: ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -x ./ | tee out.txt ./MAINTAINERS:1743 warning: no matches drivers/.*/pm8...-.* F: drivers/*/pm8???-* ./MAINTAINERS:8721 warning: no matches drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ipsec/.* F: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ipsec/* ./MAINTAINERS:8722 warning: no matches drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipsec.* F: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipsec* ./MAINTAINERS:9431 warning: no matches net/core/flow\.c F: net/core/flow.c The output format lends itself to the following in vim (note tab character): set errorformat=%f:%l\ %m cfile out.txt copen Second patch fixes all MAINTAINER warnings but four (those listed above), which were not obvious to me how to fix. Most fixes were obvious, requiring only "ls ./**/*pat*" or "git log --follow -- xyz.c" or "git blame MAINTAINERS" to figure out what needed to be changed. Patches are independent, however I did employ the first in figuring out the second. Looking for input on how best to get these merged. Some of these have been broken for a long time - so stable kernels might benefit from backporting. Future enhancements could sanity check all the other entry types found in MAINTAINER file. --Tom Tom Saeger (2): scripts: warn about invalid MAINTAINER patterns MAINTAINERS: various pattern fixes for mv/rm/typos MAINTAINERS | 107 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-) -- 2.14.3