From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout-p-101.mailbox.org (mout-p-101.mailbox.org [80.241.56.151]) (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 91F8E385D61 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2026 10:27:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.151 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780914467; cv=none; b=gbJc7Bhppa/6OPU8NQ3+bq6galEGCuHxi6aph726zeOrJoyg5JIrEH5jxX+9kqfylfdTwAjGbS8cpx6RhaZr+l0ZS9r17MF2F7qM+gMM62zRuDf1v9ymxhdULxqCf/ymVMco6LteVGHho9KOOhWWD0tkWxgyaBC5lSvl9VPycPs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780914467; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iydVaEvMbM6g56qserjGCDowDxag7tegAHnuB6fUo/Q=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=WEhWS/qWWkrxNGyCztW+cFc2Le27QXe3S7s/9vYCRVO7V5xjIS5eAj+rYwkcVxJcg1X86kwZ6CyykE7YHZthxp/7l7sXfBES5uk6pAHRoEO3/qoh+wpFbxKYt7okIatW9+NNO6Tqp64l7mSnTgja5LO1pTeJ4kn9vwZMSQdSciI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b=FgSPq7ei; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.241.56.151 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=mailbox.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=mailbox.org header.i=@mailbox.org header.b="FgSPq7ei" Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [10.196.197.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-101.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gYpC12yDFz9tG4; Mon, 8 Jun 2026 12:27:41 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1780914461; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=iydVaEvMbM6g56qserjGCDowDxag7tegAHnuB6fUo/Q=; b=FgSPq7eiuOhDVXxVkmS7M6xVbHM1OvcLuzn+n5kyVv5IezjS1f9aKkCg2Cat54bbIByMJy zxlwOd2oFtWZZNVTwFpdYO4gpdQizIG2DH/CQmeSUTExEwfvkuCMy73hRra4NAXokAkQGl GK//pwlW7lxJgZJ8N+dmAmWeKNWN+Re8o6FO30w0SOgk4NkG32dw91POUdA8BDMAqpMg2t sVK6mdUU9Sp9s4y7camEwJHN96Z3HdhYfmrOtQ2tf9oIFIXt7WH5rrnJHNFWNskvW4dUuu X7tVmXxxtOomcYcf3xGd/qln/bwqKYib1p8SlaVnHYB27dbbHh4lv14PctSbBg== Message-ID: <5b7558a9549dbf2236129fa572eddf9038af9df5.camel@mailbox.org> Subject: Re: [Question] get_maintainer: From: Manuel Ebner To: Joe Perches , open list Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:27:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20260608081527.41160-1-manuelebner@mailbox.org> References: <20260608081527.41160-1-manuelebner@mailbox.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MBO-RS-META: wiwxt8k3szq44pfomsnjs98qw1e41wdp X-MBO-RS-ID: 6d16cd53d126e10997c On Mon, 2026-06-08 at 10:15 +0200, Manuel Ebner wrote: > I'm preparing a patch for get_maintainer. While testing I found out that > the order of the output can change for the same input - see below. That's > without any change to get_maintainer.pl. (state of 09d8b39563e84fc245 ). > It seems that the alternating execution of get_maintainer and > get_maintainer_patched triggers the glitch. Even if both files are the sa= me. > I can't figure out what's the root cause. I think I change the state of t= he > script or it's surroundings somehow, but I can't figure out where. >=20 > Any Ideas? I figured it out myself. It's explained here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/13/789 Sorry for the noise. Manuel