Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: add keyword for devicetree overlay notifiers

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed May 09 2018 - 14:32:15 EST


On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 06:31:20PM -0700, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>
> 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 <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> changes from version 1:
> - removed extraneous "From:" tags at top of patch description

Applied, sorry it fell thru the cracks.

Rob