From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, users@kernel.org,
Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>,
Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>,
Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@kernel.org>,
Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@amd.com>, Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>,
Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@linux.dev>,
Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn>,
Chen-Yu Yeh <chenyou910331@gmail.com>,
Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>,
workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:35:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-1-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-0-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org>
THE REST matches every file in the tree via "F: *" and "F: */", so
get_maintainer.pl currently adds linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org to every
patch, regardless of whether the touched files already belong to a
subsystem with its own mailing list.
Only add THE REST for a file when no other matching section provides a
mailing list that get_maintainer.pl would actually output. Lists marked
"subscribers-only" are omitted unless --s is given, and lists marked
"moderated" are omitted with --no-moderated, so such lists don't count
as a destination in those cases. Files that match no section, or only
sections without such a list, still fall back to THE REST, so every
patch keeps reaching at least one known-public mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 16b80a700d4a..265245e568c6 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -959,6 +959,15 @@ sub get_maintainers {
$tvi = $end + 1;
}
+ # THE REST matches every file, so only fall back to it when no
+ # other matching section provides a mailing list for this file
+ # that we would actually output with the current options.
+ my ($the_rest) = grep { get_section_name($_) eq "THE REST" } keys %hash;
+ if (defined($the_rest) &&
+ grep { $_ != $the_rest && section_has_list($_) } keys %hash) {
+ delete $hash{$the_rest};
+ }
+
foreach my $line (sort {$hash{$b} <=> $hash{$a}} keys %hash) {
add_categories($line, "");
if ($sections) {
@@ -1295,6 +1304,40 @@ sub find_ending_index {
return $index;
}
+sub get_section_name {
+ my ($index) = @_;
+
+ return $typevalue[find_starting_index($index)];
+}
+
+sub section_has_list {
+ my ($index) = @_;
+
+ my $start = find_starting_index($index);
+ my $end = find_ending_index($index);
+ for (my $i = $start; $i < $end; $i++) {
+ next if ($typevalue[$i] !~ m/^L:\s*(.*)/);
+ my $list_additional = "";
+ if ($1 =~ m/[^\s]+\s+(.*)$/) {
+ $list_additional = $1;
+ }
+ return 1 if (list_is_selected($list_additional));
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+# Must match the list selection in add_categories()
+sub list_is_selected {
+ my ($list_additional) = @_;
+
+ if ($list_additional =~ m/subscribers-only/) {
+ return $email_subscriber_list;
+ } elsif ($list_additional =~ m/moderated/) {
+ return $email_list && $email_moderated_list;
+ }
+ return $email_list;
+}
+
sub get_subsystem_name {
my ($index) = @_;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 15:35 [PATCH v2 0/2] get_maintainer: stop sending every patch to LKML Konstantin Ryabitsev
2026-10-20 15:35 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev [this message]
2026-10-20 15:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] get_maintainer: only use THE REST as a fallback Joe Perches
2026-10-20 15:52 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2026-10-20 16:39 ` Joe Perches
2026-10-20 15:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: submitting-patches: make LKML a list of last resort again Konstantin Ryabitsev
2026-10-20 16:58 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-10-20 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] get_maintainer: stop sending every patch to LKML Joe Perches
2026-10-20 18:51 ` Theodore Tso
2026-10-20 16:44 ` Weijie Yuan
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