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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 24d6702a95c28d73bf6b20bc83d25cd35017ee25..41e7db451cc0af787fd40998746318d3ae9fea0e 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process {
                        $in_commit_log = 0;
                }
 
+# 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*\|/) {
+                       $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check signature styles
                if (!$in_header_lines &&
                    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {