MAINTAINERS | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Recently trying to send a patch, I found that `./scripts/get_maintainer.pl`
didn't want to parse the usbhid section because of too long of a line
leading to a missing parenthesis. To fix this, change () to [] so it can
parse even the long line.
```
(to-cmd) Adding to: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org (open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl'
(to-cmd) Adding to: linux-input@vger.kernel.org (open list:HID CORE LAYER) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl'
(to-cmd) Adding to: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl'
Unmatched () '(open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...)' '' at /usr/lib/git-core/git-send-email line 546.
error: unable to extract a valid address from: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org (open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...)
```
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 43d3d07afccd..f4658912c007 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -20537,7 +20537,7 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/balbi/usb.git
F: drivers/usb/gadget/
F: include/linux/usb/gadget*
-USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REMOTE CONTROLS, ...)
+USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS [USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REMOTE CONTROLS, ...]
M: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
M: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
L: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
--
2.25.1
On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 13:33 -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote: > Recently trying to send a patch, I found that `./scripts/get_maintainer.pl` > didn't want to parse the usbhid section because of too long of a line > leading to a missing parenthesis. To fix this, change () to [] so it can > parse even the long line. [] > (to-cmd) Adding to: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org (open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' > (to-cmd) Adding to: linux-input@vger.kernel.org (open list:HID CORE LAYER) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' > (to-cmd) Adding to: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) from: 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' > Unmatched () '(open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...)' '' at /usr/lib/git-core/git-send-email line 546. > error: unable to extract a valid address from: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org (open list:USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REM...) And it wasn't get_maintainer, it was git send-email that found that the specific get_maintainer output was not a 'valid' email address with a balanced parenthesis comment. > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS [] > @@ -20537,7 +20537,7 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/balbi/usb.git > F: drivers/usb/gadget/ > F: include/linux/usb/gadget* > > -USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REMOTE CONTROLS, ...) > +USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS [USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REMOTE CONTROLS, ...] > M: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> > M: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> > L: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 13:33 -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Recently trying to send a patch, I found that `./scripts/get_maintainer.pl`
> didn't want to parse the usbhid section because of too long of a line
> leading to a missing parenthesis. To fix this, change () to [] so it can
> parse even the long line.
It'd almost certainly better to change get_maintainer as there are many
possible entries like this.
Perhaps:
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index ab123b498fd9b..2a8ee64cd7208 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ sub get_subsystem_name {
$subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, $output_section_maxlen - 3);
$subsystem =~ s/\s*$//;
$subsystem = $subsystem . "...";
+ my $openparens = () = $subsystem =~ /\(/g;
+ my $closeparens = () = $subsystem =~ /\)/g;
+ $subsystem .= ')' x ($openparens - $closeparens) if ($openparens > $closeparens);
}
return $subsystem;
}
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