[PATCH phy-next 22/22] MAINTAINERS: add regex for linux-phy

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 3/5/26 9:51 AM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Hello Konrad,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 09:39:35AM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 55af015174a5..bdfa47d9c774 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -10713,6 +10713,7 @@ F:    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/
>>>  F:   drivers/phy/
>>>  F:   include/dt-bindings/phy/
>>>  F:   include/linux/phy/
>>> +K:   \b(devm_)?(of_)?phy_(create|destroy|init|exit|reset|power_(on|off)|configure|validate|calibrate|(get|set)_(mode|media|speed|bus_width|drvdata)|get_max_link_rate|pm_runtime_(get|put)|notify_(connect|disconnect|state)|get|put|optional_get|provider_(un)?register|simple_xlate|(create|remove)_lookup)\b|(struct\s+)?phy(_ops|_attrs|_lookup|_provider)?\b|linux/phy/phy\.h|phy-props\.h|phy-provider\.h
>>
>> Would looking for the devm/of_phy_ prefix followed by an open parentheses
>> not suffice for the 'has function call' case, instead of listing all
>> currently present exported functions?
> 
> This would maybe work when you run ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl on a file.
> But I would like it to have good coverage on individual patches too. And
> since the devm/of_phy prefix only matches when you "get" the PHY, not
> "use" it, my fear is we would still be missing out on the most important
> part of the patches.

But that's just '(devm_)?(of_)?phy_[a-z]+\(|includes.h'?

Konrad