Limit file and directory regex matching to paths that contain the pattern as a word, i.e. that contain word boundaries before and after the pattern. This helps avoiding false positives.
Without this, e.g. "scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/westmereex" lists the STM32 maintainers, due to the presence of "stm" in the middle of a word in the path name. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+rene...@glider.be> --- What to do with drivers/pwm/pwm-stmpe.c, which is no longer caught? Add a new pattern to MAINTAINERS? --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl index c1c088ef1420e68a..a34057d87a56492f 100755 --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ sub get_maintainers { } } } elsif ($type eq 'N') { - if ($file =~ m/$value/x) { + if ($file =~ m/\b$value\b/x) { $hash{$tvi} = 0; } } -- 2.17.1