Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add new entry for pidfd api

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Jul 14 2019 - 18:15:33 EST


On Sun, 2019-07-14 at 21:33 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Add me as a maintainer for pidfd stuff. This way we can easily see when
> changes come in and people know who to yell at.
[]
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> @@ -12567,6 +12567,18 @@ F: arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell*
> F: arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/
> F: drivers/crypto/picoxcell*
>
> +PIDFD API
> +M: Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +S: Maintained
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux.git
> +F: samples/pidfd/
> +F: tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/
> +K: (?i)pidfd
> +K: (?i)clone3

These seem fairly specific without false positives.

> +K: \b(clone_args|kernel_clone_args)\b
> +N: pidfd

This one I'd suggest using 2 F: patterns instead
as the patterns are more comprehensive and do not
use git history when looked up with get_maintainer

F: samples/pidfd/
F: tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/