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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 206a6b346a8d..34b445574011 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file { } } +sub is_maintained_obsolete { + my ($filename) = @_; + + return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl")); + + my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback $filename 2>&1`; + + return $status =~ /obsolete/i; +} + my $camelcase_seeded = 0; sub seed_camelcase_includes { return if ($camelcase_seeded); @@ -2289,6 +2299,10 @@ sub process { } if ($found_file) { + if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) { + WARN("OBSOLETE", + "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n"); + } if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) { $check = 1; } else { |