This fixes the check that was supposed to prevent the MAINTAINERS warning from appearing when you run checkpatch.pl on a patch that includes new files/directories and an updated MAINTAINERS file.
Signed-off-by: Derek Chickles <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f0bb6d6..6f10ebb 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ sub process { # Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated. If so, there's probably no need to # emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete - if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) { + if ($realfile =~ /MAINTAINERS/) { $reported_maintainer_file = 1; } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

