From: Matteo Croce <technoboy85@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 10:38:22 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: get_maintainer: add ** glob pattern support
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get_maintainer: add ** glob pattern support

Add support for the ** glob operator in MAINTAINERS F: and X: patterns,
matching any number of path components (like Python's ** glob).

The existing * to .* conversion with slash-count check is preserved.  **
is converted to (?:.*), a non-capturing group used as a marker to bypass
the slash-count check in file_match_pattern(), allowing the pattern to
cross directory boundaries.

This enables patterns like F: **/*[_-]kunit*.c to match files at any depth
in the tree.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260302103822.77343-1-teknoraver@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <teknoraver@meta.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7d10988cbc62b..83e3e87aa053b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries and preferred order
 	   F:	drivers/net/	all files in and below drivers/net
 	   F:	drivers/net/*	all files in drivers/net, but not below
 	   F:	*/net/*		all files in "any top level directory"/net
+	   F:	fs/**/*foo*.c	all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs
 	   One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
 	X: *Excluded* files and directories that are NOT maintained, same
 	   rules as F:. Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 4414194bedcfd..f0ca0db6ddc27 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ sub read_maintainer_file {
 	    ##Filename pattern matching
 	    if ($type eq "F" || $type eq "X") {
 		$value =~ s@\.@\\\.@g;       ##Convert . to \.
+		$value =~ s/\*\*/\x00/g;     ##Convert ** to placeholder
 		$value =~ s/\*/\.\*/g;       ##Convert * to .*
 		$value =~ s/\?/\./g;         ##Convert ? to .
+		$value =~ s/\x00/(?:.*)/g;   ##Convert placeholder to (?:.*)
 		##if pattern is a directory and it lacks a trailing slash, add one
 		if ((-d $value)) {
 		    $value =~ s@([^/])$@$1/@;
@@ -746,8 +748,10 @@ sub self_test {
 	if (($type eq "F" || $type eq "X") &&
 	    ($self_test eq "" || $self_test =~ /\bpatterns\b/)) {
 	    $value =~ s@\.@\\\.@g;       ##Convert . to \.
+	    $value =~ s/\*\*/\x00/g;     ##Convert ** to placeholder
 	    $value =~ s/\*/\.\*/g;       ##Convert * to .*
 	    $value =~ s/\?/\./g;         ##Convert ? to .
+	    $value =~ s/\x00/(?:.*)/g;   ##Convert placeholder to (?:.*)
 	    ##if pattern is a directory and it lacks a trailing slash, add one
 	    if ((-d $value)) {
 		$value =~ s@([^/])$@$1/@;
@@ -921,7 +925,7 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 				my $value_pd = ($value =~ tr@/@@);
 				my $file_pd = ($file  =~ tr@/@@);
 				$value_pd++ if (substr($value,-1,1) ne "/");
-				$value_pd = -1 if ($value =~ /^\.\*/);
+				$value_pd = -1 if ($value =~ /^(\.\*|\(\?:\.\*\))/);
 				if ($value_pd >= $file_pd &&
 				    range_is_maintained($start, $end) &&
 				    range_has_maintainer($start, $end)) {
@@ -955,6 +959,7 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 			$line =~ s/([^\\])\.([^\*])/$1\?$2/g;
 			$line =~ s/([^\\])\.$/$1\?/g;	##Convert . back to ?
 			$line =~ s/\\\./\./g;       	##Convert \. to .
+			$line =~ s/\(\?:\.\*\)/\*\*/g;	##Convert (?:.*) to **
 			$line =~ s/\.\*/\*/g;       	##Convert .* to *
 		    }
 		    my $count = $line =~ s/^([A-Z]):/$1:\t/g;
@@ -1048,7 +1053,7 @@ sub file_match_pattern {
 	if ($file =~ m@^$pattern@) {
 	    my $s1 = ($file =~ tr@/@@);
 	    my $s2 = ($pattern =~ tr@/@@);
-	    if ($s1 == $s2) {
+	    if ($s1 == $s2 || $pattern =~ /\(\?:/) {
 		return 1;
 	    }
 	}