On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 13:44 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
>
> I ran checkpatch.pl against the following:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1136334/
>
>
> I did update MAINTAINERS, but I still get
> "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" warning.
> Why?
Because checkpatch is not able to determine
that you updated MAINTAINERS correctly.
Ignore checkpatch output when you know better.
>
>
> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch
> WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
> #18:
> Documentation/{kbuild => admin-guide}/namespaces.rst | 0
>
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 14 lines checked
>
> NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
> mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
>
> 0001-doc-move-namespaces.rst-out-of-kbuild-directory.patch has style
> problems, please review.
>
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
> them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
>
>
