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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 20d5b62586..84bdf53af7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ sub process {
 
 	my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
 	my $in_commit_log = 0;		#Scanning lines before patch
-
+	my $reported_maintainer_file = 0;
 	my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
 
 	our @report = ();
@@ -1390,6 +1390,16 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Check for added, moved or deleted files
+		if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
+		    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
+		     $line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) [\w\/\.\-]+\s*$/ ||
+		     ($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
+		      (defined($1) || defined($2))))) {
+			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+			WARN("added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check for wrappage within a valid hunk of the file
 		if ($realcnt != 0 && $line !~ m{^(?:\+|-| |\\ No newline|$)}) {
 			ERROR("patch seems to be corrupt (line wrapped?)\n" .