linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/9] MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for hns driver

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, 1 Jul 2016 10:15:12 +0800
From:	Daode Huang <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Yisen Zhuang <Yisen.Zhuang@...wei.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<salil.mehta@...wei.com>
CC:	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<kvalo@...eaurora.org>, <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	<linux@...ck-us.net>, <jslaby@...e.cz>, <yankejian@...wei.com>,
	<lipeng321@...wei.com>, <xieqianqian@...wei.com>, <arnd@...db.de>,
	<andrew@...n.ch>, <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/9] MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for hns
 driver



On 2016/6/30 18:48, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-06-30 at 15:25 +0800, Yisen Zhuang wrote:
>> From: Daode Huang <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>
>>
>> This patch adds maintainers for hisilicon network subsystem driver
> []
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
>> @@ -5421,6 +5421,15 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/if_hippi.h
>>   F:	net/802/hippi.c
>>   F:	drivers/net/hippi/
>>   
>> +HISILICON NETWORK SUBSYSTEM DRIVER
>> +M:	Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>
>> +M:	Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
>> +L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> +W:	http://www.hisilicon.com
>> +S:	Maintained
>> +F:	drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/*
> >From MAINTAINERS:
>
> 	F: Files and directories with wildcard patterns.
> 	   A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files.
> 	   F:	drivers/net/	all files in and below drivers/net
> 	   F:	drivers/net/*	all files in drivers/net, but not below
> 	   F:	*/net/*		all files in "any top level directory"/net
> 	   One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
>
> So this pattern with the trailing /* matches only:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Makefile
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c
>
> and not any file in drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/
>
> Is that what you want?

We will maintain all files in hisilicon and any directory below it.
will fix it in next submit.

Thanks

> using
>
> F:	drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/
>
> matches all files in hisilicon and any directory below it.
>
>
>
> .
>