From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout-p-102.mailbox.org (mout-p-102.mailbox.org [80.241.56.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0318841C2F2 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783954065; cv=none; b=ngmbzk3v5kQKHnYEBR8yyqNxsFkFT/IYIsW97neW+zlsTt3Voqh28NxMKzACdQz7m5QnslJjkWSyJlGeul6DHcwGo3yLKXpy7gaKbJ9wGeVX5nWLQdBCFb4OE1Utl2jhaaki8U78UjccHY9nSuLNnC2nQsEvwWMp67sDRIhORFQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783954065; c=relaxed/simple; bh=IYkMcJK2rmFnrFYydTW3d33kYGajMsZ66aMus//55zc=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Cc:Subject:From:To: References:In-Reply-To; b=aTAHZ2t5thzbvxGNSZpqeeiaYitkzydB9GqSKz7N/RAS8rxMwDZ/4o/kpBbnP7XR9SZE3pVO07R4vVwtTyRqdHffygfuKiV0JrDiHqZJXGK/mqHzex5dMuK7isGCkpFWbq0kWtkCwXrYjbCpG153kiEcARH+b2YyUP5MnZ5puOA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=mavick.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mavick.dev; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mavick.dev header.i=@mavick.dev header.b=XdspsMPx; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.152 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=mavick.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mavick.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mavick.dev header.i=@mavick.dev header.b="XdspsMPx" Received: from smtp102.mailbox.org (smtp102.mailbox.org [10.196.197.102]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-102.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gzQJq4fjQzKvtP; Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:47:39 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mavick.dev; s=MBO0001; t=1783954059; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=ViXqxF9GmHAUwmN7pzGFjEejnxuBxVF2ojqU5GKTdbU=; b=XdspsMPxzu4HrXQ+7j11s7MM67DpUD3PwBIr0sqIpuMrrQyQ6SQi2GpE41fR461KzzTmrL DobCh0FDUkaIQC/hkxwCsT7iwal1vUXpSY9vnKMjewweOFFbn3DbqMELxslBm3IS6NNj7/ k3LODdJwlES/t8MHH5JmrfkdH+aORaEEV7dR4vV+HFdXSZk5dQM0lcV7D8u3ooqk/J3Em7 N6Yz2BkuqCRJB0ye88E2UDSHnLEsoyNXWp6r3htlK5JA2W4lVf57722YmQjLrcbO2f5bOB 3PN5b++eCGWDeGQRrPYmfRCYaDUlHQlWkdtxhSxHr/4cl1LW/9isXMbrbXIeWw== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:47:11 +0800 Message-Id: Cc: Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: MAINTAINERS: warn on missing paths From: "Eugene Mavick" To: "Joe Perches" , "Eugene Mavick" , "Andy Whitcroft" , "Dwaipayan Ray" , "Lukas Bulwahn" References: <20260712-chkpatch-file-entries-v1-1-68bcf96ff59e@mavick.dev> <1e63b7af71b174b24212831532c94d49877441e3.camel@perches.com> In-Reply-To: <1e63b7af71b174b24212831532c94d49877441e3.camel@perches.com> 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=3Dpatterns > ./MAINTAINERS:2764: warning: no file matches F: arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72= xx.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/xfail= s/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/medi= a/*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-v1-1-800c6ad14= 201@mavick.dev/