Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: rectify file patterns for NETFILTER
From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Nov 15 2020 - 23:03:49 EST
On Mon, 2020-11-09 at 10:19 +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> The two file patterns in the NETFILTER section:
>
> F: include/linux/netfilter*
> F: include/uapi/linux/netfilter*
>
> intended to match the directories:
>
> ./include{/uapi}/linux/netfilter_{arp,bridge,ipv4,ipv6}
>
> A quick check with ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --letters -f will show that
> they are not matched, though, because this pattern only matches files, but
> not directories.
>
> Rectify the patterns to match the intended directories.
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diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -12139,10 +12139,10 @@ W: http://www.nftables.org/
> Q: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/list/
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf.git
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next.git
> -F: include/linux/netfilter*
> +F: include/linux/netfilter*/
> F: include/linux/netfilter/
This line could be deleted or perhaps moved up one line above
F: include/linux/netfilter/
F: include/linux/netfilter*/
(as the second line already matches the first line's files too)
> F: include/net/netfilter/
> -F: include/uapi/linux/netfilter*
> +F: include/uapi/linux/netfilter*/
> F: include/uapi/linux/netfilter/
same here.
> F: net/*/netfilter.c
> F: net/*/netfilter/