From 597fe07c99e0f8fe3eb47cf8932e43d9a82df416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:01:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] get_maintainer: use a default "unknown" S: status/role

When an "S:" status line is unavailable, use a default "unknown" role.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index f32a04c4c5bc1..f5b1f3aa5bd21 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ sub get_maintainer_role {
     my $start = find_starting_index($index);
     my $end = find_ending_index($index);
 
-    my $role;
+    my $role = "unknown";
     my $subsystem = $typevalue[$start];
     if (length($subsystem) > 20) {
 	$subsystem = substr($subsystem, 0, 17);
-- 
2.39.5