[PATCH] get_maintainer: add --json output mode

[Sasha Levin]

Add a --json flag to get_maintainer.pl that emits structured JSON
output, making results machine-parseable for CI systems, IDE
integrations, and AI-assisted development tools.

The JSON output includes a maintainers array with structured name,
email, and role fields, plus optional arrays for scm, status,
subsystem, web, and bug information when those flags are enabled.

Normal text output behavior is completely unchanged when --json is
not specified.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 4414194bedcfd..37817ca701bd6 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ my $pattern_depth = 0;
 my $self_test = undef;
 my $version = 0;
 my $help = 0;
+my $json = 0;
 my $find_maintainer_files = 0;
 my $maintainer_path;
 my $vcs_used = 0;
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
 		'find-maintainer-files' => \$find_maintainer_files,
 		'mpath|maintainer-path=s' => \$maintainer_path,
 		'self-test:s' => \$self_test,
+		'json!' => \$json,
 		'v|version' => \$version,
 		'h|help|usage' => \$help,
 		)) {
@@ -648,39 +650,74 @@ my %deduplicate_name_hash = ();
 my %deduplicate_address_hash = ();
 
 my @maintainers = get_maintainers();
-if (@maintainers) {
-    @maintainers = merge_email(@maintainers);
-    output(@maintainers);
-}
 
-if ($scm) {
-    @scm = uniq(@scm);
-    output(@scm);
-}
+if ($json) {
+    my @json_maintainers;
+    if (@maintainers) {
+	my %saw;
+	for (@maintainers) {
+	    my ($address, $role) = @$_;
+	    if (!$saw{$address}) {
+		my ($name, $email_addr) = parse_email($address);
+		my $entry = '{"name":"' . json_escape_str($name) .
+			    '","email":"' . json_escape_str($email_addr) . '"';
+		$entry .= ',"role":"' . json_escape_str($role) . '"' if ($output_roles && $role ne '');
+		$entry .= '}';
+		push(@json_maintainers, $entry);
+		$saw{$address} = 1;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
 
-if ($output_substatus) {
-    @substatus = uniq(@substatus);
-    output(@substatus);
-}
+    @scm = uniq(@scm) if ($scm);
+    @status = uniq(@status) if ($status);
+    @subsystem = uniq(@subsystem) if ($subsystem);
+    @web = uniq(@web) if ($web);
+    @bug = uniq(@bug) if ($bug);
 
-if ($status) {
-    @status = uniq(@status);
-    output(@status);
-}
+    my @fields;
+    push(@fields, '"maintainers":[' . join(',', @json_maintainers) . ']');
+    push(@fields, '"scm":' . json_str_array(@scm)) if ($scm);
+    push(@fields, '"status":' . json_str_array(@status)) if ($status);
+    push(@fields, '"subsystem":' . json_str_array(@subsystem)) if ($subsystem);
+    push(@fields, '"web":' . json_str_array(@web)) if ($web);
+    push(@fields, '"bug":' . json_str_array(@bug)) if ($bug);
+    print('{' . join(',', @fields) . '}' . "\n");
+} else {
+    if (@maintainers) {
+	@maintainers = merge_email(@maintainers);
+	output(@maintainers);
+    }
 
-if ($subsystem) {
-    @subsystem = uniq(@subsystem);
-    output(@subsystem);
-}
+    if ($scm) {
+	@scm = uniq(@scm);
+	output(@scm);
+    }
 
-if ($web) {
-    @web = uniq(@web);
-    output(@web);
-}
+    if ($output_substatus) {
+	@substatus = uniq(@substatus);
+	output(@substatus);
+    }
 
-if ($bug) {
-    @bug = uniq(@bug);
-    output(@bug);
+    if ($status) {
+	@status = uniq(@status);
+	output(@status);
+    }
+
+    if ($subsystem) {
+	@subsystem = uniq(@subsystem);
+	output(@subsystem);
+    }
+
+    if ($web) {
+	@web = uniq(@web);
+	output(@web);
+    }
+
+    if ($bug) {
+	@bug = uniq(@bug);
+	output(@bug);
+    }
 }
 
 exit($exit);
@@ -1099,6 +1136,7 @@ Output type options:
   --separator [, ] => separator for multiple entries on 1 line
     using --separator also sets --nomultiline if --separator is not [, ]
   --multiline => print 1 entry per line
+  --json => output results as JSON
 
 Other options:
   --pattern-depth => Number of pattern directory traversals (default: 0 (all))
@@ -2549,6 +2587,28 @@ sub merge_email {
     return @lines;
 }
 
+sub json_escape_str {
+    my ($str) = @_;
+    $str =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+    $str =~ s/"/\\"/g;
+    $str =~ s/\n/\\n/g;
+    $str =~ s/\r/\\r/g;
+    $str =~ s/\t/\\t/g;
+    $str =~ s/\x08/\\b/g;
+    $str =~ s/\x0c/\\f/g;
+    $str =~ s/([\x00-\x07\x0b\x0e-\x1f])/sprintf("\\u%04x", ord($1))/ge;
+    return $str;
+}
+
+sub json_str_array {
+    my (@arr) = @_;
+    my @quoted;
+    foreach my $s (@arr) {
+	push(@quoted, '"' . json_escape_str($s) . '"');
+    }
+    return '[' . join(',', @quoted) . ']';
+}
+
 sub output {
     my (@parms) = @_;
 
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