linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface

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Message-ID: <1378314979.1787.24.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:16:19 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Covelli <dcovelli@...are.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor
 interface

On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 14:23 +0530, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state
> that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file
> as well.

It never hurts to add MAINTAINER entries.

> If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few
> changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but were
> not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes.

Many people don't use get_maintainer

> It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl,

That shouldn't be a problem unless the email addresses are
also different.

> +++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:20:39.714026943 +0530
[]
> +VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
> +M: Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
> +L: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> +S: Supported
> +F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> +

It'd be nicer to use tabs after the colon


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