From nobody Fri Apr 10 00:56:56 2026 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13F113264C7; Wed, 4 Mar 2026 22:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772664125; cv=none; b=pskq8mjCxBAzkG/rRkaQ4H/2KIjDLh9DhM8FyBmNDYH84xJWO6PTb82VHExDdAS9g7KocfpCUk8ohwIZ53+0AP30VmMKd4nZKlUs6FoENhFc4UKM6e5aajsuZmGDkTpuB/xrygAGLVpVt8UjtsZCa7yLc98Q3ORfFKqn4ECHeXg= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772664125; c=relaxed/simple; bh=fHiVTtrfRVJu8ehVBESJmhRcLTwp6QG6oEB2ExqzsdU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=SJut0qORe6spbC69tI0c11jcaRSu7KIR9Trxs8lNda0i/GYEHwIm/aWGq1W3ivwuDH/EfQtgnQQ7iPB0pri41c+3iVXvJ2c87PvwTgs3u+UZXMcOhm9x9Q7kSKCF68GNxb+xjPJjPW0OjHo1ys21ZT8N1iDCiAIQqk0qWcUAkSM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=kNuWiUbP; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="kNuWiUbP" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-ID:Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=Lzi27hghvN+yXJ2rKl3QSduXheLlM+tDwY8btE6yp/4=; b=kNuWiUbPnLcOGMKRFAyIZskdHV q3vn2jkFFDxcZc/iFNN4FwjYLC5WiJbjAm23RWDkAeT/V0ySbwxiA4kMQygDLJrd6N8MrD4/o1e0Q FqE7pvU7QKDa/53EATSGNiml9dJg3GK7i8q7A9gGM7WejDViYS+c62mWKAjey5+Rz2qgiKceMSALZ nNlF8TYiTNVMIIQ/FkFqmjDuzWC1RUyft6Ajk0BOU2myHP2xNynu8dRh5Ypi16DC7rGB0wuclAvev gS3Jbpm9Wbn4lWTWcoc3AcpQMEhlfjFap3d5al89Dwf4ppHLezNeDVZRjOs3ipoNje65ahCgaIH3F 0Gv5EM6A==; Received: from [50.53.43.113] (helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vxuuo-00000000bT8-0w8t; Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:42:02 +0000 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Randy Dunlap , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: fix '*' wildcard formatting Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:42:01 -0800 Message-ID: <20260304224201.1072044-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It seems that these wildcards confuse some parser (docutils, sphinx, or maintainers_include.py), so quote them to avoid this issue. Also insert a hyphen ('-') before "all files" in several places to make the html output easier to read. Fixes this htmldocs warning: linux-next-20260304/MAINTAINERS:40: WARNING: Inline strong start-string wit= hout end-string. [docutils] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kees Cook MAINTAINERS | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- linux-next-20260304.orig/MAINTAINERS +++ linux-next-20260304/MAINTAINERS @@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ Descriptions of section entries and pref Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit, topgit F: *Files* and directories wildcard patterns. A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files. - F: drivers/net/ all files in and below drivers/net - F: drivers/net/* all files in drivers/net, but not below - F: */net/* all files in "any top level directory"/net - F: fs/**/*foo*.c all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs + F: ``drivers/net/`` - all files in and below drivers/net + F: ``drivers/net/*`` - all files in drivers/net, but not below + F: ``*/net/*`` - all files in "any top level directory"/net + F: ``fs/**/*foo*.c`` - all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs One pattern per line. Multiple F: lines acceptable. X: *Excluded* files and directories that are NOT maintained, same rules as F:. Files exclusions are tested before file matches. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries and pref X: net/ipv6/ matches all files in and below net excluding net/ipv6/ N: Files and directories *Regex* patterns. - N: [^a-z]tegra all files whose path contains tegra + N: [^a-z]tegra - all files whose path contains tegra (not including files like integrator) One pattern per line. Multiple N: lines acceptable. scripts/get_maintainer.pl has different behavior for files that