Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: MAINTAINERS: warn on missing paths

[Eugene Mavick]

On Sun Jul 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM +08, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-07-12 at 16:14 +0800, Eugene Mavick wrote:
>> ```
>> Warn when F: or X: entries point to nonexistent files or patterns.
>> There have been instances of typos in file entries in the past, and this
>> patch helps prevents that.
>
> Just fyi:
>
> if you care to do something about the missing MAINTAINER file patterns
>
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns
> ./MAINTAINERS:2764: warning: no file matches	F:	arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c
> ./MAINTAINERS:7654: warning: no file matches	F:	include/linux/dma-buf/
> ./MAINTAINERS:7897: warning: no file matches	F:	include/linux/drbd*
> ./MAINTAINERS:10017: warning: no file matches	F:	include/linux/fs_types.h
> ./MAINTAINERS:12694: warning: no file matches	F:	drivers/gpu/drm/ci/xfails/powervr*
> ./MAINTAINERS:16731: warning: no file matches	F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/megachips-stdpxxxx-ge-b850v3-fw.txt
> ./MAINTAINERS:21913: warning: no file matches	F:	sound/arm/pxa*
> ./MAINTAINERS:22364: warning: no file matches	F:	include/dt-bindings/media/*qcom*
> ./MAINTAINERS:25130: warning: no file matches	F:	tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c
> ./MAINTAINERS:25342: warning: no file matches	F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/sony,imx678.yaml
> ./MAINTAINERS:28376: warning: no file matches	F:	include/linux/vsi-iommu.h

Thanks, here's the patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260713-fix-maintainers-entries-v1-1-800c6ad14201@xxxxxxxxxx/