Re: [PATCH phy-next 22/22] MAINTAINERS: add regex for linux-phy

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 09:15:32PM +0900, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > K:    \b(?:__)?(?:devm_)?(?:of_)?phy_(?:create|destroy|provider_(?:un)?register)\b
> > K:    \bphy_(?:create|remove)_lookup\b
> > K:    \bphy_(?:get|set)?_drvdata\b
> > K:    \b(?:devm_)?(?:of_)?phy_(?:optional_)?(?:get|put)(?:_by_index)?\b
> > K:    \bphy_pm_runtime_(?:get|put)(?:_sync)?\b
> > K:    \bphy_(?:init|exit|power_(?:on|off))\b
> > K:    \bphy_|(?:get|set)_(?:mode(?:_ext)?|media|speed|bus_width|max_link_rate)\b
> > K:    \bphy_(?:reset|configure|validate|calibrate)\b
> > K:    \bphy_notify_(?:connect|disconnect|state)\b
> > K:    (?:struct\s+)?phy(?:_ops|_attrs|_lookup|_provider)?\b
> > K:    (?:linux/phy/phy\.h|phy-props\.h|phy-provider\.h)
> 
> What about
> 
>   F:    drivers/*/*phy*
> 
> or something along these lines.
> 
>         Krzysztof

I don't understand your suggestion. Is it meant as a replacement for the
keyword regexes? Your file pattern matches on:

$ ls drivers/*/*phy*
drivers/base/physical_location.c           drivers/phy/phy-airoha-pcie.c        drivers/phy/phy-core-mipi-dphy.c   drivers/phy/phy-snps-eusb2.c
drivers/base/physical_location.h           drivers/phy/phy-airoha-pcie-regs.h   drivers/phy/phy-google-usb.c       drivers/phy/phy-spacemit-k1-pcie.c
drivers/firewire/phy-packet-definitions.h  drivers/phy/phy-can-transceiver.c    drivers/phy/phy-lgm-usb.c          drivers/phy/phy-xgene.c
drivers/net/sungem_phy.c                   drivers/phy/phy-common-props.c       drivers/phy/phy-lpc18xx-usb-otg.c  drivers/reset/reset-rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl.c
drivers/nfc/mei_phy.c                      drivers/phy/phy-common-props-test.c  drivers/phy/phy-nxp-ptn3222.c      drivers/reset/reset-rzv2h-usb2phy.c
drivers/nfc/mei_phy.h                      drivers/phy/phy-core.c               drivers/phy/phy-pistachio-usb.c

drivers/net/phy:
adin1100.c        bcm87xx.c      dp83848.c     lxt.c                 mediatek             mxl-gpy.c                 phy_caps.c           qsemi.c     teranetics.c
adin.c            bcm-cygnus.c   dp83867.c     Makefile              meson-gxl.c          national.c                phy-caps.h           qt2025.rs   uPD60620.c
air_en8811h.c     bcm-phy-lib.c  dp83869.c     marvell10g.c          micrel.c             ncn26000.c                phy-core.c           realtek     vitesse.c
amd.c             bcm-phy-lib.h  dp83tc811.c   marvell-88q2xxx.c     microchip.c          nxp-c45-tja11xx.c         phy_device.c         rockchip.c  xilinx_gmii2rgmii.c
aquantia          bcm-phy-ptp.c  dp83td510.c   marvell-88x2222.c     microchip_rds_ptp.c  nxp-c45-tja11xx.h         phy_led_triggers.c   sfp-bus.c
as21xxx.c         broadcom.c     dp83tg720.c   marvell.c             microchip_rds_ptp.h  nxp-c45-tja11xx-macsec.c  phylib.h             sfp.c
ax88796b.c        cicada.c       et1011c.c     mdio_bus.c            microchip_t1.c       nxp-cbtx.c                phylib-internal.h    sfp.h
ax88796b_rust.rs  cortina.c      fixed_phy.c   mdio_bus_provider.c   microchip_t1s.c      nxp-tja11xx.c             phylink.c            smsc.c
bcm54140.c        davicom.c      icplus.c      mdio_device.c         mii_timestamper.c    open_alliance_helpers.c   phy_link_topology.c  ste10Xp.c
bcm63xx.c         dp83640.c      intel-xway.c  mdio_devres.c         motorcomm.c          open_alliance_helpers.h   phy_package.c        stubs.c
bcm7xxx.c         dp83640_reg.h  Kconfig       mdio-open-alliance.h  mscc                 phy.c                     phy_port.c           swphy.c
bcm84881.c        dp83822.c      linkmode.c    mdio-private.h        mxl-86110.c          phy-c45.c                 qcom                 swphy.h

drivers/usb/phy:
Kconfig   phy-ab8500-usb.c      phy-am335x-control.h  phy-fsl-usb.h  phy-gpio-vbus-usb.c  phy-mv-usb.h    phy-tahvo.c        phy-ulpi.c
Makefile  phy-am335x.c          phy.c                 phy-generic.c  phy-isp1301.c        phy-mxs-usb.c   phy-tegra-usb.c    phy-ulpi-viewport.c
of.c      phy-am335x-control.c  phy-fsl-usb.c         phy-generic.h  phy-keystone.c       phy-omap-otg.c  phy-twl6030-usb.c

There are a lot of false positives, and a lot of false negatives.