Section headers can be quite long and some are very long and duplicated for many initial characters.
The current maximum length emitted for a section header is 20 bytes (or 17 bytes then ... when the section header length is > 20). Change that length to 50 so more of the section is shown. Example new output: $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/ Ariel Elior <[email protected]> (supporter:BROADCOM BNX2X 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER) [email protected] (open list:BROADCOM BNX2X 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER) [email protected] (open list) Old: $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/ Ariel Elior <[email protected]> (supporter:BROADCOM BNX2X 10...) [email protected] (open list:BROADCOM BNX2X 10...) [email protected] (open list) Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl index fc169fd..cffa658 100755 --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ my $output_multiline = 1; my $output_separator = ", "; my $output_roles = 0; my $output_rolestats = 1; +my $output_section_maxlen = 50; my $scm = 0; my $web = 0; my $subsystem = 0; @@ -978,8 +979,8 @@ sub get_maintainer_role { my $role = "unknown"; my $subsystem = $typevalue[$start]; - if (length($subsystem) > 20) { - $subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, 17); + if ($output_section_maxlen && length($subsystem) > $output_section_maxlen) { + $subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, $output_section_maxlen - 3); $subsystem =~ s/\s*$//; $subsystem = $subsystem . "..."; } @@ -1021,8 +1022,8 @@ sub get_list_role { my $end = find_ending_index($index); my $subsystem = $typevalue[$start]; - if (length($subsystem) > 20) { - $subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, 17); + if ($output_section_maxlen && length($subsystem) > $output_section_maxlen) { + $subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, $output_section_maxlen - 3); $subsystem =~ s/\s*$//; $subsystem = $subsystem . "..."; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

