From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: see if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files. If "obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7ceaa510dc9d2df05ec4b456baed7bb1415550b3.1471889575.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-see-if-modified-files-are-marked-obsolete-in-maintainers scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-see-if-modified-files-are-marked-obsolete-in-maintainers +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file { } } +sub is_maintained_obsolete { + my ($filename) = @_; + + return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl")); + + my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback $filename 2>&1`; + + return $status =~ /obsolete/i; +} + my $camelcase_seeded = 0; sub seed_camelcase_includes { return if ($camelcase_seeded); @@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process { } if ($found_file) { + if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) { + WARN("OBSOLETE", + "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n"); + } if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) { $check = 1; } else { _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
