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

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Sun Jul 14 2019 - 18:32:58 EST


On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 03:10:06PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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

Just to clarify, you suggest removing N: pidfd and just leaving in the
two F: patterns for samples/pidfd and tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/
below?

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