Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add keyword for devicetree overlay notifiers

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Fri Apr 27 2018 - 20:58:00 EST


Hi Rob,

I'm not sure how the extra "From:" of sony.com got into
this email. I'll have to dig into my scripts and/or
git configs to figure that out. The real "From:" is
the gmail.com one.

-Frank

On 04/27/18 17:50, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>
> From: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Devicetree overlay notifiers have a chance to potentially get
> pointers into the overlay unflattened devicetree and overlay FDT.
> The only protection against these pointers being accessed after
> the underlying data has been released by kfree() is by source
> code review of patches. Add a keyword line to the devicetree
> overlay maintainers entry to try to catch overlay notifier
> related patches.
>
> The keyword line is added to the devicetree overlay entry instead
> of the devicetree entry so that not all maintainers will receive
> the additional review traffic. Add Frank Rowand (already a
> maintainer in the devicetree entry) so that he will receive
> the additional review traffic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 92be777d060a..aca3956694f8 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10422,12 +10422,14 @@ F: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic
>
> OPEN FIRMWARE AND DEVICE TREE OVERLAYS
> M: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> F: Documentation/devicetree/dynamic-resolution-notes.txt
> F: Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt
> F: drivers/of/overlay.c
> F: drivers/of/resolver.c
> +K: of_overlay_notifier_
>
> OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE
> M: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>