linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] MAINTAINERS: xen, kvm: track pvclock-abi.h changes

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Message-ID: <20170927160650.GI28001@char.us.oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:06:50 -0400
From:   Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:     Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] MAINTAINERS: xen, kvm: track pvclock-abi.h changes

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 02:46:23PM +0100, Joao Martins wrote:
> This file defines an ABI shared between guest and hypervisor(s)
> (KVM, Xen) and as such there should be an correspondent entry in
> MAINTAINERS file. Notice that there's already a text notice at the
> top of the header file, hence this commit simply enforces it more
> explicitly and have both peers noticed when such changes happen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> ---
> In the end, I choose the originally posted because this is so far the
> only ABI shared between Xen/KVM. Therefore whenever we have more things
> shared it would deserve its own place in MAINTAINERS file. If the
> thinking is wrong, I can switch to the alternative with a
> "PARAVIRT ABIS" section.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  * Add Juergen Gross Acked-by.
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 6671f375f7fc..a4834c3c377a 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -7603,6 +7603,7 @@ S:	Supported
>  F:	arch/x86/kvm/
>  F:	arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm*
>  F:	arch/x86/include/asm/kvm*
> +F:	arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
>  F:	arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>  F:	arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
>  
> @@ -14718,6 +14719,7 @@ F:	arch/x86/xen/
>  F:	drivers/*/xen-*front.c
>  F:	drivers/xen/
>  F:	arch/x86/include/asm/xen/
> +F:	arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
>  F:	include/xen/
>  F:	include/uapi/xen/
>  F:	Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-hypervisor-xen
> -- 
> 2.11.0
>