Checkpatch expects entries in MAINTAINERS file in a specific order and
warns if the changes made do not follow the specified order.
E.g., running checkpatch on commit 6f736909f0a4 ("MAINTAINERS: Add
patchwork link for PWM entry") reports this warning:
WARNING: Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list 'Q:' before 'T:'
T: git
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/thierry.reding/linux-pwm.git
+Q: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pwm/list/
Provide a simple fix by swapping the unordered lines
Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri...@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
modified commit message
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2749f32dffe9..c9aaaa443265 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3299,13 +3299,22 @@ sub process {
"Unknown MAINTAINERS entry type:
'$cur'\n" . $herecurr);
} else {
if ($previndex >= 0 && $curindex <
$previndex) {
- WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
- "Misordered MAINTAINERS
entry - list '$cur:' before '$prev:'\n" . $hereprev);
+ if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
+ "Misordered
MAINTAINERS entry - list '$cur:' before '$prev:'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+ $fix) {
+ # swap these lines
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr - 1]
= $rawline;
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =
$prevrawline;
+ }
} elsif ((($prev eq 'F' && $cur eq 'F')
||
($prev eq 'X' && $cur eq
'X')) &&
($prevval cmp $curval) > 0) {
- WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
- "Misordered MAINTAINERS
entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order\n" . $hereprev);
+ if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
+ "Misordered
MAINTAINERS entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order\n" . $hereprev) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr - 1]
= $rawline;
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =
$prevrawline;
+ }
}
}
}
--
2.17.1
