On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 03:19:16AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > Add the "D:" type which behaves the same as "K:" but will only match > content present in a patch file. > > To illustrate: > > Imagine this entry in MAINTAINERS: > > NEW REPUBLIC > M: Han Solo <hans...@rebelalliance.co> > W: https://www.jointheresistance.org > D: \bstrncpy\b > > Our maintainer, Han, will only be added to the recipients if a patch > file is passed to get_maintainer (like what b4 does): > $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl 0004-some-change.patch > > If the above patch has a `strncpy` present in the subject, commit log or > diff then Han will be to/cc'd. > > However, in the event of a file from the tree given like: > $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl ./lib/string.c > > Han will not be noisily to/cc'd (like a K: type would in this > circumstance) > > Note that folks really shouldn't be using get_maintainer on tree files > anyways [1]. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230726151515.1650519-1-k...@kernel.org/
As Greg suggested, please drop the above paragraph and link. Then this looks good to me. I would immediately want to send this patch too, so please feel free to add this to your series (and I bet many other hints on "git grep 'K:.\\b'" would want to switch from K: to D: too): diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5f18c6ba3c3c..830e10866acf 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -5057,7 +5057,7 @@ F: Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst F: include/linux/compiler-clang.h F: scripts/Makefile.clang F: scripts/clang-tools/ -K: \b(?i:clang|llvm)\b +D: \b(?i:clang|llvm)\b CLK API M: Russell King <li...@armlinux.org.uk> @@ -8199,7 +8199,7 @@ F: lib/strcat_kunit.c F: lib/strscpy_kunit.c F: lib/test_fortify/* F: scripts/test_fortify.sh -K: \b__NO_FORTIFY\b +D: \b__NO_FORTIFY\b FPGA DFL DRIVERS M: Wu Hao <hao...@intel.com> @@ -11457,9 +11457,9 @@ F: include/linux/overflow.h F: include/linux/randomize_kstack.h F: kernel/configs/hardening.config F: mm/usercopy.c -K: \b(add|choose)_random_kstack_offset\b -K: \b__check_(object_size|heap_object)\b -K: \b__counted_by\b +D: \b(add|choose)_random_kstack_offset\b +D: \b__check_(object_size|heap_object)\b +D: \b__counted_by\b KERNEL JANITORS L: kernel-janit...@vger.kernel.org @@ -17354,7 +17354,7 @@ F: drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c F: drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c F: fs/pstore/ F: include/linux/pstore* -K: \b(pstore|ramoops) +D: \b(pstore|ramoops) PTP HARDWARE CLOCK SUPPORT M: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com> @@ -19302,8 +19302,8 @@ F: include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h F: kernel/seccomp.c F: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h F: tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/* -K: \bsecure_computing -K: \bTIF_SECCOMP\b +D: \bsecure_computing +D: \bTIF_SECCOMP\b SECURE DIGITAL HOST CONTROLLER INTERFACE (SDHCI) Broadcom BRCMSTB DRIVER M: Kamal Dasu <kamal.d...@broadcom.com> -- Kees Cook
