checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to
the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly
and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message.

Reported by many people.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20180430124651.10340-6-stefanha@redhat.com
(cherry picked from e0d975b1b439c4fef58fbc306c542c94f48bb849)
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 84bdf53af79dcc3c89a4e2199cbeb0df0fd8efef..5506502cf433cd145763c9a0f5ccc1c22644a0ed 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1390,6 +1390,12 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
+# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
+               if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
+                       $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
                if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
                    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||