From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F59DFC6182 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:42:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1410820853 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:42:03 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1410820853 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727994AbeINQ4H (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:56:07 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0018.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.18]:45252 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726872AbeINQ4H (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:56:07 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425CC180A8147; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:42:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: tub67_2cec44f70ab1c X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2575 Received: from XPS-9350 (unknown [172.56.6.71]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: Convert to using %pOFn instead of device_node.name From: Joe Perches To: Rob Herring Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Ian Arkver , Steve Longerbeam , Philipp Zabel , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux Media Mailing List , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 04:41:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <20180828154433.5693-1-robh@kernel.org> <20180828154433.5693-7-robh@kernel.org> <20180912121705.010a999d@coco.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.1-2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 16:26 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:45 PM Joe Perches wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2018-09-12 at 15:26 -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > > A problem with MAINTAINERS is there is no way to tell who applies > > > patches for a given path vs. anyone else listed. > > > > try the --scm option > > That kind of helps if the maintainer has listed a tree, but gives > wrong results if not. If there isn't a tree listed, it's not really maintained. > And you still have to figure out who owns which > tree. That's not hard, but it's not scriptable. a get_maintainer scripted loop using --maxdepth= --scm --m --nor --nol until a result could work. > IMO, we should reserve 'M:' for maintainers with trees and use 'R:' > driver maintainers. That's redefining M as "maintainer" rather than > "mail patches to". You could still have both for a entry so you can > know who to go bug when your patch hasn't been applied. IMO, most M: entries in MAINTAINERS are either reviewers or used-once when created and longer active or just vanity.