[PATCH v1 1/1] checkpatch: Don't warn on "orhapned" DT schema file
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 05:15:35 EST
Currently checkpatch warns is the DT schema file is absent in MAINTAINERS.
However the DT schema files are self-contained in this sense and
have embedded information about maintainers of it. This is a requirement.
Hence, avoid checkpatch warning about it.
Requested-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6729f18e5654..818b49d314ce 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3441,11 +3441,17 @@ sub process {
($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
(defined($1) || defined($2))))) {
$is_patch = 1;
- $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
- WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
- "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
+ # DT bindings are incorporate maintainer information, no need to report
+ if ($realfile !~ m@^Documentation/devicetree/bindings/@)) {
+ $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+ WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
+ "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
+ ($realfile =~ m@^Documentation/devicetree/bindings/.*\.txt$@)) {
+ if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) {
+
# Check for adding new DT bindings not in schema format
if (!$in_commit_log &&
($line =~ /^new file mode\s*\d+\s*$/) &&
--
2.50.1