Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
 "155 patches.

  Subsystems affected by this patch series: mm (dax, debug, thp,
  readahead, page-poison, util, memory-hotplug, zram, cleanups), misc,
  core-kernel, get_maintainer, MAINTAINERS, lib, bitops, checkpatch,
  binfmt, ramfs, autofs, nilfs, rapidio, panic, relay, kgdb, ubsan,
  romfs, and fault-injection"

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (155 commits)
  lib, uaccess: add failure injection to usercopy functions
  lib, include/linux: add usercopy failure capability
  ROMFS: support inode blocks calculation
  ubsan: introduce CONFIG_UBSAN_LOCAL_BOUNDS for Clang
  sched.h: drop in_ubsan field when UBSAN is in trap mode
  scripts/gdb/tasks: add headers and improve spacing format
  scripts/gdb/proc: add struct mount & struct super_block addr in lx-mounts command
  kernel/relay.c: drop unneeded initialization
  panic: dump registers on panic_on_warn
  rapidio: fix the missed put_device() for rio_mport_add_riodev
  rapidio: fix error handling path
  nilfs2: fix some kernel-doc warnings for nilfs2
  autofs: harden ioctl table
  ramfs: fix nommu mmap with gaps in the page cache
  mm: remove the now-unnecessary mmget_still_valid() hack
  mm/gup: take mmap_lock in get_dump_page()
  binfmt_elf, binfmt_elf_fdpic: use a VMA list snapshot
  coredump: rework elf/elf_fdpic vma_dump_size() into common helper
  coredump: refactor page range dumping into common helper
  coredump: let dump_emit() bail out on short writes
  ...

scripts/Makefile.ubsan

@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ ifdef CONFIG_UBSAN_ALIGNMENT
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
-      CFLAGS_UBSAN += $(call cc-option, -fsanitize=bounds)
+      ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+            CFLAGS_UBSAN += -fsanitize=array-bounds
+      else
+            CFLAGS_UBSAN += $(call cc-option, -fsanitize=bounds)
+      endif
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_UBSAN_LOCAL_BOUNDS
+      CFLAGS_UBSAN += -fsanitize=local-bounds
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_UBSAN_MISC

scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANC
 # git output parsing needs US English output, so first set backtick child process LANGUAGE
 my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git';
 my $tabsize = 8;
+my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_";
 
 sub help {
 	my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ Options:
   --typedefsfile             Read additional types from this file
   --color[=WHEN]             Use colors 'always', 'never', or only when output
                              is a terminal ('auto'). Default is 'auto'.
+  --kconfig-prefix=WORD      use WORD as a prefix for Kconfig symbols (default
+                             ${CONFIG_})
   -h, --help, --version      display this help and exit
 
 When FILE is - read standard input.
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ GetOptions(
 	'color=s'	=> \$color,
 	'no-color'	=> \$color,	#keep old behaviors of -nocolor
 	'nocolor'	=> \$color,	#keep old behaviors of -nocolor
+	'kconfig-prefix=s'	=> \${CONFIG_},
 	'h|help'	=> \$help,
 	'version'	=> \$help
 ) or help(1);
@@ -970,6 +974,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes {
 	}
 }
 
+sub git_is_single_file {
+	my ($filename) = @_;
+
+	return 0 if ((which("git") eq "") || !(-e "$gitroot"));
+
+	my $output = `${git_command} ls-files -- $filename 2>/dev/null`;
+	my $count = $output =~ tr/\n//;
+	return $count eq 1 && $output =~ m{^${filename}$};
+}
+
 sub git_commit_info {
 	my ($commit, $id, $desc) = @_;
 
@@ -1043,6 +1057,9 @@ my $vname;
 $allow_c99_comments = !defined $ignore_type{"C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE"};
 for my $filename (@ARGV) {
 	my $FILE;
+	my $is_git_file = git_is_single_file($filename);
+	my $oldfile = $file;
+	$file = 1 if ($is_git_file);
 	if ($git) {
 		open($FILE, '-|', "git format-patch -M --stdout -1 $filename") ||
 			die "$P: $filename: git format-patch failed - $!\n";
@@ -1087,6 +1104,7 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
 	@modifierListFile = ();
 	@typeListFile = ();
 	build_types();
+	$file = $oldfile if ($is_git_file);
 }
 
 if (!$quiet) {
@@ -1163,10 +1181,10 @@ sub parse_email {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$comment = trim($comment);
 	$name = trim($name);
 	$name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
-	$name =~ s/(\s*\([^\)]+\))\s*//;
-	if (defined($1)) {
+	if ($name =~ s/(\s*\([^\)]+\))\s*//) {
 		$name_comment = trim($1);
 	}
 	$address = trim($address);
@@ -1181,10 +1199,12 @@ sub parse_email {
 }
 
 sub format_email {
-	my ($name, $address) = @_;
+	my ($name, $name_comment, $address, $comment) = @_;
 
 	my $formatted_email;
 
+	$name_comment = trim($name_comment);
+	$comment = trim($comment);
 	$name = trim($name);
 	$name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
 	$address = trim($address);
@@ -1197,9 +1217,9 @@ sub format_email {
 	if ("$name" eq "") {
 		$formatted_email = "$address";
 	} else {
-		$formatted_email = "$name <$address>";
+		$formatted_email = "$name$name_comment <$address>";
 	}
-
+	$formatted_email .= "$comment";
 	return $formatted_email;
 }
 
@@ -1207,17 +1227,23 @@ sub reformat_email {
 	my ($email) = @_;
 
 	my ($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment) = parse_email($email);
-	return format_email($email_name, $email_address);
+	return format_email($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment);
 }
 
 sub same_email_addresses {
-	my ($email1, $email2) = @_;
+	my ($email1, $email2, $match_comment) = @_;
 
 	my ($email1_name, $name1_comment, $email1_address, $comment1) = parse_email($email1);
 	my ($email2_name, $name2_comment, $email2_address, $comment2) = parse_email($email2);
 
+	if ($match_comment != 1) {
+		return $email1_name eq $email2_name &&
+		       $email1_address eq $email2_address;
+	}
 	return $email1_name eq $email2_name &&
-	       $email1_address eq $email2_address;
+	       $email1_address eq $email2_address &&
+	       $name1_comment eq $name2_comment &&
+	       $comment1 eq $comment2;
 }
 
 sub which {
@@ -2347,6 +2373,7 @@ sub process {
 	my $signoff = 0;
 	my $author = '';
 	my $authorsignoff = 0;
+	my $author_sob = '';
 	my $is_patch = 0;
 	my $is_binding_patch = -1;
 	my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
@@ -2661,6 +2688,10 @@ sub process {
 # Check the patch for a From:
 		if (decode("MIME-Header", $line) =~ /^From:\s*(.*)/) {
 			$author = $1;
+			my $curline = $linenr;
+			while(defined($rawlines[$curline]) && ($rawlines[$curline++] =~ /^[ \t]\s*(.*)/)) {
+				$author .= $1;
+			}
 			$author = encode("utf8", $author) if ($line =~ /=\?utf-8\?/i);
 			$author =~ s/"//g;
 			$author = reformat_email($author);
@@ -2670,9 +2701,37 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\s*(.*)/i) {
 			$signoff++;
 			$in_commit_log = 0;
-			if ($author ne '') {
-				if (same_email_addresses($1, $author)) {
+			if ($author ne ''  && $authorsignoff != 1) {
+				if (same_email_addresses($1, $author, 1)) {
 					$authorsignoff = 1;
+				} else {
+					my $ctx = $1;
+					my ($email_name, $email_comment, $email_address, $comment1) = parse_email($ctx);
+					my ($author_name, $author_comment, $author_address, $comment2) = parse_email($author);
+
+					if ($email_address eq $author_address && $email_name eq $author_name) {
+						$author_sob = $ctx;
+						$authorsignoff = 2;
+					} elsif ($email_address eq $author_address) {
+						$author_sob = $ctx;
+						$authorsignoff = 3;
+					} elsif ($email_name eq $author_name) {
+						$author_sob = $ctx;
+						$authorsignoff = 4;
+
+						my $address1 = $email_address;
+						my $address2 = $author_address;
+
+						if ($address1 =~ /(\S+)\+\S+(\@.*)/) {
+							$address1 = "$1$2";
+						}
+						if ($address2 =~ /(\S+)\+\S+(\@.*)/) {
+							$address2 = "$1$2";
+						}
+						if ($address1 eq $address2) {
+							$authorsignoff = 5;
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -2729,7 +2788,7 @@ sub process {
 			}
 
 			my ($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment) = parse_email($email);
-			my $suggested_email = format_email(($email_name, $email_address));
+			my $suggested_email = format_email(($email_name, $name_comment, $email_address, $comment));
 			if ($suggested_email eq "") {
 				ERROR("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
 				      "Unrecognized email address: '$email'\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -2739,9 +2798,9 @@ sub process {
 				$dequoted =~ s/" </ </;
 				# Don't force email to have quotes
 				# Allow just an angle bracketed address
-				if (!same_email_addresses($email, $suggested_email)) {
+				if (!same_email_addresses($email, $suggested_email, 0)) {
 					WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
-					     "email address '$email' might be better as '$suggested_email$comment'\n" . $herecurr);
+					     "email address '$email' might be better as '$suggested_email'\n" . $herecurr);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2987,6 +3046,42 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for repeated words separated by a single space
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ || $in_commit_log) {
+			while ($rawline =~ /\b($word_pattern) (?=($word_pattern))/g) {
+
+				my $first = $1;
+				my $second = $2;
+
+				if ($first =~ /(?:struct|union|enum)/) {
+					pos($rawline) += length($first) + length($second) + 1;
+					next;
+				}
+
+				next if ($first ne $second);
+				next if ($first eq 'long');
+
+				if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
+					 "Possible repeated word: '$first'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$first $second\b/$first/;
+				}
+			}
+
+			# if it's a repeated word on consecutive lines in a comment block
+			if ($prevline =~ /$;+\s*$/ &&
+			    $prevrawline =~ /($word_pattern)\s*$/) {
+				my $last_word = $1;
+				if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*\*\s*$last_word /) {
+					if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
+						 "Possible repeated word: '$last_word'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+					    $fix) {
+						$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\+\s*\*\s*)$last_word /$1/;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
 		next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
 
@@ -3213,6 +3308,12 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for embedded filenames
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\Q$realfile\E/) {
+			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
+			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
@@ -3310,42 +3411,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for repeated words separated by a single space
-		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/) {
-			while ($rawline =~ /\b($word_pattern) (?=($word_pattern))/g) {
-
-				my $first = $1;
-				my $second = $2;
-
-				if ($first =~ /(?:struct|union|enum)/) {
-					pos($rawline) += length($first) + length($second) + 1;
-					next;
-				}
-
-				next if ($first ne $second);
-				next if ($first eq 'long');
-
-				if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
-					 "Possible repeated word: '$first'\n" . $herecurr) &&
-				    $fix) {
-					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$first $second\b/$first/;
-				}
-			}
-
-			# if it's a repeated word on consecutive lines in a comment block
-			if ($prevline =~ /$;+\s*$/ &&
-			    $prevrawline =~ /($word_pattern)\s*$/) {
-				my $last_word = $1;
-				if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*\*\s*$last_word /) {
-					if (WARN("REPEATED_WORD",
-						 "Possible repeated word: '$last_word'\n" . $hereprev) &&
-					    $fix) {
-						$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\+\s*\*\s*)$last_word /$1/;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 # check for space before tabs.
 		if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ && $rawline =~ / \t/) {
 			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
@@ -3436,7 +3501,7 @@ sub process {
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
 		    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
 		    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&
-		    $realline > 2) {
+		    $realline > 3) { # Do not warn about the initial copyright comment block after SPDX-License-Identifier
 			WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
 			     "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
@@ -3895,6 +3960,17 @@ sub process {
 #ignore lines not being added
 		next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
 
+# check for self assignments used to avoid compiler warnings
+# e.g.:	int foo = foo, *bar = NULL;
+#	struct foo bar = *(&(bar));
+		if ($line =~ /^\+\s*(?:$Declare)?([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z\d_]*)\s*=/) {
+			my $var = $1;
+			if ($line =~ /^\+\s*(?:$Declare)?$var\s*=\s*(?:$var|\*\s*\(?\s*&\s*\(?\s*$var\s*\)?\s*\)?)\s*[;,]/) {
+				WARN("SELF_ASSIGNMENT",
+				     "Do not use self-assignments to avoid compiler warnings\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for dereferences that span multiple lines
 		if ($prevline =~ /^\+.*$Lval\s*(?:\.|->)\s*$/ &&
 		    $line =~ /^\+\s*(?!\#\s*(?!define\s+|if))\s*$Lval/) {
@@ -4270,6 +4346,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "Prefer dev_$level(... to dev_printk(KERN_$orig, ...\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# trace_printk should not be used in production code.
+		if ($line =~ /\b(trace_printk|trace_puts|ftrace_vprintk)\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("TRACE_PRINTK",
+			     "Do not use $1() in production code (this can be ignored if built only with a debug config option)\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # ENOSYS means "bad syscall nr" and nothing else.  This will have a small
 # number of false positives, but assembly files are not checked, so at
 # least the arch entry code will not trigger this warning.
@@ -4936,6 +5018,17 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check if a statement with a comma should be two statements like:
+#	foo = bar(),	/* comma should be semicolon */
+#	bar = baz();
+		if (defined($stat) &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+\s*(?:$Lval\s*$Assignment\s*)?$FuncArg\s*,\s*(?:$Lval\s*$Assignment\s*)?$FuncArg\s*;\s*$/) {
+			my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+			my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
+			WARN("SUSPECT_COMMA_SEMICOLON",
+			     "Possible comma where semicolon could be used\n" . $herectx);
+		}
+
 # return is not a function
 		if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)\(/s) {
 			my $spacing = $1;
@@ -5295,9 +5388,9 @@ sub process {
 			$dstat =~ s/\s*$//s;
 
 			# Flatten any parentheses and braces
-			while ($dstat =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/ ||
-			       $dstat =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/1/ ||
-			       $dstat =~ s/.\[[^\[\]]*\]/1/)
+			while ($dstat =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1u/ ||
+			       $dstat =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/1u/ ||
+			       $dstat =~ s/.\[[^\[\]]*\]/1u/)
 			{
 			}
 
@@ -5338,6 +5431,7 @@ sub process {
 			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:\#\s*$Ident|\#\s*$Constant)\s*$/ &&		# stringification #foo
 			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&	# do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)
+			    $dstat !~ /^while\s*$Constant\s*$Constant\s*$/ &&		# while (...) {...}
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&				# for (...)
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&	# for (...) bar()
 			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&					# do {...
@@ -6524,16 +6618,16 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for IS_ENABLED() without CONFIG_<FOO> ($rawline for comments too)
-		if ($rawline =~ /\bIS_ENABLED\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)/ && $1 !~ /^CONFIG_/) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /\bIS_ENABLED\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)/ && $1 !~ /^${CONFIG_}/) {
 			WARN("IS_ENABLED_CONFIG",
-			     "IS_ENABLED($1) is normally used as IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_$1)\n" . $herecurr);
+			     "IS_ENABLED($1) is normally used as IS_ENABLED(${CONFIG_}$1)\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # check for #if defined CONFIG_<FOO> || defined CONFIG_<FOO>_MODULE
-		if ($line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*if\s+defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)(CONFIG_[A-Z_]+)\s*\)?\s*\|\|\s*defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)\1_MODULE\s*\)?\s*$/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*if\s+defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)(${CONFIG_}[A-Z_]+)\s*\)?\s*\|\|\s*defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)\1_MODULE\s*\)?\s*$/) {
 			my $config = $1;
 			if (WARN("PREFER_IS_ENABLED",
-				 "Prefer IS_ENABLED(<FOO>) to CONFIG_<FOO> || CONFIG_<FOO>_MODULE\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				 "Prefer IS_ENABLED(<FOO>) to ${CONFIG_}<FOO> || ${CONFIG_}<FOO>_MODULE\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
 				$fixed[$fixlinenr] = "\+#if IS_ENABLED($config)";
 			}
@@ -6886,9 +6980,33 @@ sub process {
 		if ($signoff == 0) {
 			ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",
 			      "Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
-		} elsif (!$authorsignoff) {
-			WARN("NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF",
-			     "Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author '$author'\n");
+		} elsif ($authorsignoff != 1) {
+			# authorsignoff values:
+			# 0 -> missing sign off
+			# 1 -> sign off identical
+			# 2 -> names and addresses match, comments mismatch
+			# 3 -> addresses match, names different
+			# 4 -> names match, addresses different
+			# 5 -> names match, addresses excluding subaddress details (refer RFC 5233) match
+
+			my $sob_msg = "'From: $author' != 'Signed-off-by: $author_sob'";
+
+			if ($authorsignoff == 0) {
+				ERROR("NO_AUTHOR_SIGN_OFF",
+				      "Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author '$author'\n");
+			} elsif ($authorsignoff == 2) {
+				CHK("FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH",
+				    "From:/Signed-off-by: email comments mismatch: $sob_msg\n");
+			} elsif ($authorsignoff == 3) {
+				WARN("FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH",
+				     "From:/Signed-off-by: email name mismatch: $sob_msg\n");
+			} elsif ($authorsignoff == 4) {
+				WARN("FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH",
+				     "From:/Signed-off-by: email address mismatch: $sob_msg\n");
+			} elsif ($authorsignoff == 5) {
+				WARN("FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH",
+				     "From:/Signed-off-by: email subaddress mismatch: $sob_msg\n");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

scripts/const_structs.checkpatch

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ nlmsvc_binding
 nvkm_device_chip
 of_device_id
 pci_raw_ops
+phy_ops
+pinctrl_ops
+pinmux_ops
 pipe_buf_operations
 platform_hibernation_ops
 platform_suspend_ops

scripts/gdb/linux/proc.py

@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ values of that process namespace"""
         if not namespace:
             raise gdb.GdbError("No namespace for current process")
 
+        gdb.write("{:^18} {:^15} {:>9} {} {} options\n".format(
+                  "mount", "super_block", "devname", "pathname", "fstype"))
+
         for vfs in lists.list_for_each_entry(namespace['list'],
                                              mount_ptr_type, "mnt_list"):
             devname = vfs['mnt_devname'].string()
@@ -190,14 +193,10 @@ values of that process namespace"""
             m_flags = int(vfs['mnt']['mnt_flags'])
             rd = "ro" if (s_flags & constants.LX_SB_RDONLY) else "rw"
 
-            gdb.write(
-                "{} {} {} {}{}{} 0 0\n"
-                .format(devname,
-                        pathname,
-                        fstype,
-                        rd,
-                        info_opts(FS_INFO, s_flags),
-                        info_opts(MNT_INFO, m_flags)))
+            gdb.write("{} {} {} {} {} {}{}{} 0 0\n".format(
+                      vfs.format_string(), superblock.format_string(), devname,
+                      pathname, fstype, rd, info_opts(FS_INFO, s_flags),
+                      info_opts(MNT_INFO, m_flags)))
 
 
 LxMounts()

scripts/gdb/linux/tasks.py

@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ class LxPs(gdb.Command):
         super(LxPs, self).__init__("lx-ps", gdb.COMMAND_DATA)
 
     def invoke(self, arg, from_tty):
+        gdb.write("{:>10} {:>12} {:>7}\n".format("TASK", "PID", "COMM"))
         for task in task_lists():
-            gdb.write("{address} {pid} {comm}\n".format(
-                address=task,
-                pid=task["pid"],
-                comm=task["comm"].string()))
+            gdb.write("{} {:^5} {}\n".format(
+                task.format_string().split()[0],
+                task["pid"].format_string(),
+                task["comm"].string()))
 
 
 LxPs()

scripts/get_maintainer.pl

@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 	    die "$P: file '${file}' not found\n";
 	}
     }
+    if ($from_filename && (vcs_exists() && !vcs_file_exists($file))) {
+	warn "$P: file '$file' not found in version control $!\n";
+    }
     if ($from_filename || ($file ne "&STDIN" && vcs_file_exists($file))) {
 	$file =~ s/^\Q${cur_path}\E//;	#strip any absolute path
 	$file =~ s/^\Q${lk_path}\E//;	#or the path to the lk tree
@@ -954,8 +957,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 
     foreach my $file (@files) {
 	if ($email &&
-	    ($email_git || ($email_git_fallback &&
-			    !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
+	    ($email_git ||
+	     ($email_git_fallback &&
+	      $file !~ /MAINTAINERS$/ &&
+	      !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
 	    vcs_file_signoffs($file);
 	}
 	if ($email && $email_git_blame) {