[PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: exclude CAN documentation from general networking

[PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: exclude CAN documentation from general networking

[Cunhao Lu via B4 Relay]

From: Cunhao Lu <1579567540@qq.com>

The SocketCAN, ISO-TP, J1939 and ELM327 documents are already covered by
CAN maintainer entries, but also match the broad Documentation/networking/
pattern in NETWORKING [GENERAL]. This makes get_maintainer.pl select
netdev and the general networking maintainers for these CAN-specific
documentation changes.

Exclude these four documents from NETWORKING [GENERAL], as is already
done for net/can/ and the CAN selftests.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261111161459.4879a82d@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Cunhao Lu <1579567540@qq.com>
---
CAN documentation changes currently match NETWORKING [GENERAL], causing
get_maintainer.pl and b4 prep --auto-to-cc to select general networking
recipients for CAN-specific changes.

This patch excludes the SocketCAN, ISO-TP, J1939 and ELM327 documents from
that entry. All four already have CAN maintainer entries.
---
 MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 222b7fc2c3aa..cb1fec8ec5f5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -19600,6 +19600,10 @@ F:	samples/pktgen/
 F:	tools/net/
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/net/
 X:	Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
+X:	Documentation/networking/can.rst
+X:	Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/can327.rst
+X:	Documentation/networking/iso15765-2.rst
+X:	Documentation/networking/j1939.rst
 X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
 X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
 X:	Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst

---
base-commit: 79eb6679ef6a0d5ea68da53a8321fb1dc72299b9
change-id: 20261112-exclude-can-docs-from-netdev-56179ded5faf

Best regards,
--  
Cunhao Lu <1579567540@qq.com>

Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: exclude CAN documentation from general networking

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

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On 12.11.2026 13:50:25, Cunhao Lu via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Cunhao Lu <1579567540@qq.com>
>
> The SocketCAN, ISO-TP, J1939 and ELM327 documents are already covered by
> CAN maintainer entries, but also match the broad Documentation/networking/
> pattern in NETWORKING [GENERAL]. This makes get_maintainer.pl select
> netdev and the general networking maintainers for these CAN-specific
> documentation changes.
>
> Exclude these four documents from NETWORKING [GENERAL], as is already
> done for net/can/ and the CAN selftests.
>
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261111161459.4879a82d@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Cunhao Lu <1579567540@qq.com>
> ---
> CAN documentation changes currently match NETWORKING [GENERAL], causing
> get_maintainer.pl and b4 prep --auto-to-cc to select general networking
> recipients for CAN-specific changes.
>
> This patch excludes the SocketCAN, ISO-TP, J1939 and ELM327 documents from
> that entry. All four already have CAN maintainer entries.
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 222b7fc2c3aa..cb1fec8ec5f5 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -19600,6 +19600,10 @@ F:	samples/pktgen/
>  F:	tools/net/
>  F:	tools/testing/selftests/net/
>  X:	Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
> +X:	Documentation/networking/can.rst
> +X:	Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/can327.rst

Why not exclude the while "can" subdir?

> +X:	Documentation/networking/iso15765-2.rst
> +X:	Documentation/networking/j1939.rst
>  X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
>  X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
>  X:	Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst

Marc

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Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: exclude CAN documentation from general networking

[Cunhao Lu]

Hi Marc,

> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 222b7fc2c3aa..cb1fec8ec5f5 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -19600,6 +19600,10 @@ F: samples/pktgen/
> >  F: tools/net/
> >  F: tools/testing/selftests/net/
> >  X: Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
> > +X: Documentation/networking/can.rst
> > +X: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/can327.rst
>
> Why not exclude the while "can" subdir?

Sure, I'll exclude the whole Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/
directory in v2.

I wasn't sure at first whether the whole directory should be excluded,
so I took a conservative approach and only changed the entries where
I had confirmed the issue.

Best regards,
Cunhao Lu