Re: Unintended file entry addition in commit 7ed88a03b15b ("certs: Check that builtin blacklist hashes are valid")?

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Wed Feb 23 2022 - 10:49:22 EST


On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 02:50:42PM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Dear Jarkko, dear Mickaël,
>
> The commit 7ed88a03b15b ("certs: Check that builtin blacklist hashes
> are valid") adds a file entry for scripts/extract-cert.c in the
> CERTIFICATE HANDLING section in MAINTAINERS.
>
> Hence, ./scripts/get_maintainers.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
>
> warning: no file matches F: scripts/extract-cert.c
>
> I could not see that line being added in the original patch, i.e.,
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210712170313.884724-3-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx/,
> but it was only part of the context of that patch. In linux-next, it
> appears to be part of the commit above.
>
> That seems to be introduced while applying or rebasing the patch to
> some later version. If that is the case, you can probably just drop
> this line "F: scripts/extract-cert.c" in the MAINTAINERS file.

Thank you, I removed the entry. I had to solve a merge conflict with
this patch, and made a human error.

BR, Jarkko