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@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 206a6b3..34b4455 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -704,6 +704,16 @@
}
}
+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 @@
}
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 {
