checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to
the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly
and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message.

Reported by many people.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20180430124651.10340-6-stefanha@redhat.com
(cherry picked from e0d975b1b439c4fef58fbc306c542c94f48bb849)
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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Joe Perches 2018-04-30 13:46:51 +01:00 committed by Stefan Hajnoczi
parent 4be6131e32
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@ -1390,6 +1390,12 @@ 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*\|/) {
$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
}
# Check for added, moved or deleted files # Check for added, moved or deleted files
if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log && if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ || ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||