Re: [RFC] Add a 'tag' field to MAINTAINERS

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Dec 16 2021 - 21:40:03 EST


On Thu, 2021-12-16 at 21:43 +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> People find it hard to use the right tag when sending patches which
> affect a maintainer that they don't interact with often. If we add
> a field to MAINTAINERS, perhaps a tool will be written some day that
> automatically adds it to patches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 0a1410d5a621..c6358fa58fed 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
> R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@domain>
> These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
> L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
> + J: Prefix to use when sending a patch
> W: Web-page with status/info
> B: URI for where to file bugs. A web-page with detailed bug
> filing info, a direct bug tracker link, or a mailto: URI.
> @@ -2667,6 +2668,7 @@ F: drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
> BLOCK LAYER
> M: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +J: block
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git
> S: Maintained
> F: block/
> @@ -14927,6 +14929,7 @@ M: Pawel Osciak <pawel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +J: videobuf
> S: Maintained
> F: drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-*
> F: include/media/videobuf2-*
>