linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 18:15:44 +0200
From:	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

On 05/13/2016 05:23 PM, Joe Perches wrote:

> The meaning of * is all the files in a particular
> directory but not any subdirectories.

Then "*" is only relevant for these entries:
drivers/char/*
drivers/misc/*
drivers/net/wireless/ath/*
fs/*

drivers/cpuidle/* <---- This is a bug, it should be drivers/cpuidle

All the others only have files inside, and "*"
is redundant.