2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1e5c3a4ece7b..0bc4d0e3d3b5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -97,12 +97,13 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
            X:   net/ipv6/
            matches all files in and below net excluding net/ipv6/
         K: Keyword perl extended regex pattern to match content in a
-           patch or file.  For instance:
+           patch or file, or an affected filename.  For instance:
            K: of_get_profile
-              matches patches or files that contain "of_get_profile"
+              matches patch or file content, or filenames, that contain
+              "of_get_profile"
            K: \b(printk|pr_(info|err))\b
-              matches patches or files that contain one or more of the words
-              printk, pr_info or pr_err
+              matches patch or file content, or filenames, that contain one or
+              more of the words printk, pr_info or pr_err
            One regex pattern per line.  Multiple K: lines acceptable.
 
 Note: For the hard of thinking, this list is meant to remain in alphabetical
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 18d4ab55606b..ce4cc837b748 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
                                     $hash{$tvi} = $value_pd;
                                 }
                             }
+                        } elsif ($type eq 'K') {
+                            if ($file =~ m/$value/x) {
+                                $hash{$tvi} = 0;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }