[PATCH] checkpatch: See if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS

Joe Perches
2016-08-22T18:17:20Z

Use get_maintainer to check the status of individual files.
If "obsolete", suggest leaving the files alone.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4de3cc4..df5e9d9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
}
}

+sub is_maintained_obsolete {
+ my ($filename) = @_;
+
+ return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
+
+ my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback $filename 2>&1`;
+
+ return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
+}
+
my $camelcase_seeded = 0;
sub seed_camelcase_includes {
return if ($camelcase_seeded);
@@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process {
}

if ($found_file) {
+ if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
+ WARN("OBSOLETE",
+ "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
+ }
if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
$check = 1;
} else {
--
2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8