Re: [PATCH v11 8/8] MAINTAINERS: perf: Add pattern that matches ppc perf to the perf entry.

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Thu, 2020-03-19 at 13:19 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
> ---
> v10: new patch
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index bc8dbe4fe4c9..329bf4a31412 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -13088,6 +13088,8 @@ F:	arch/*/kernel/*/perf_event*.c
>  F:	arch/*/kernel/*/*/perf_event*.c
>  F:	arch/*/include/asm/perf_event.h
>  F:	arch/*/kernel/perf_callchain.c
> +F:	arch/*/perf/*
> +F:	arch/*/perf/*/*

While I understand the desire, I believe that
repetitive listings like this don't really
help much.

Having a single entry of:

F:	arch/*/perf/

would serve the same purpose.

Nominally, the difference between the 2 entries
vs the 1 entry is this:

F:	arch/*/perf/*

Only the specific files in any directory that matches
this pattern but not any files in their subdirectories
are maintained.

F:	arch/*/perf/*/*

Only the files in any top level subdirectory of any
directory that matches this pattern are maintained
but not files in any directory of those subdirectories.

F:	arch/*/perf/

Any file or any file in any subdirectory of any
directory that matches this pattern is maintained.