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Message-Id: <20171108141736.GD3624@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 06:17:36 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, dave@...olabs.net,
        josh@...htriplett.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locktorture: Fix Oops when reader/writer count is 0

On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 09:27:50AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 02:15:55PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > But Jeremy's list of email addresses is what you would expect from
> > looking at MAINTAINERS, so how about the following patch?
> 
> True; I tend to also look at git history (as goes get_maintainers.pl
> IIRC).

Me too, and that certainly is best practice.

> > commit 58322063498c8f5a3cc88f95bee237a0ce81f70a
> > Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Date:   Tue Nov 7 14:10:03 2017 -0800
> > 
> >     torture: Place all torture-test modules in one MAINTAINERS group
> >     
> >     There is some confusion about where patches to kernel/torture.c
> >     and kernel/locking/locktorture.c should be sent.  This commit
> >     therefore updates MAINTAINERS appropriately.
> >     
> >     Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> >     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Seems fair;
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Applied, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul

> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 2d3d750b19c0..eab868adedc6 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -8091,6 +8091,7 @@ F:	arch/*/include/asm/rwsem.h
> >  F:	include/linux/seqlock.h
> >  F:	lib/locking*.[ch]
> >  F:	kernel/locking/
> > +X:	kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> >  
> >  LOGICAL DISK MANAGER SUPPORT (LDM, Windows 2000/XP/Vista Dynamic Disks)
> >  M:	"Richard Russon (FlatCap)" <ldm@...tcap.org>
> > @@ -11318,15 +11319,6 @@ L:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> >  S:	Orphan
> >  F:	drivers/net/wireless/ray*
> >  
> > -RCUTORTURE MODULE
> > -M:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> > -M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > -L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > -S:	Supported
> > -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> > -F:	Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
> > -F:	kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> > -
> >  RCUTORTURE TEST FRAMEWORK
> >  M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >  M:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> > @@ -13558,6 +13550,18 @@ L:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
> >  S:	Maintained
> >  F:	drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c
> >  
> > +TORTURE-TEST MODULES
> > +M:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
> > +M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > +M:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> > +L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > +S:	Supported
> > +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> > +F:	Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
> > +F:	kernel/torture.c
> > +F:	kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> > +F:	kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> > +
> >  TOSHIBA ACPI EXTRAS DRIVER
> >  M:	Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>
> >  L:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
> > 
>