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_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 EBB07C47404 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2019 06:52:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB77F20679 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2019 06:52:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727201AbfJGGwF (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Oct 2019 02:52:05 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0247.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.247]:41828 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726960AbfJGGwF (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Oct 2019 02:52:05 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay08.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2040182CED5B; Mon, 7 Oct 2019 06:52:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: drain01_11f090bc8a144 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1962 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.152.152]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 7 Oct 2019 06:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: checkpatch: false positive "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" warning From: Joe Perches To: Masahiro Yamada Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:52:02 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" User-Agent: Evolution 3.32.1-2 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 Mon, 2019-10-07 at 13:44 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hi Joe, > > > I ran checkpatch.pl against the following: > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1136334/ > > > I did update MAINTAINERS, but I still get > "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" warning. > Why? Because checkpatch is not able to determine that you updated MAINTAINERS correctly. Ignore checkpatch output when you know better. > > > $ scripts/checkpatch.pl > 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch > WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating? > #18: > Documentation/{kbuild => admin-guide}/namespaces.rst | 0 > > total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 14 lines checked > > NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to > mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. > > 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch has style > problems, please review. > > NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report > them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. > >