linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add the Memory Consistency Model subsystem

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:44:01 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
Cc:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, peterz@...radead.org,
        boqun.feng@...il.com, npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        j.alglave@....ac.uk, luc.maranget@...ia.fr,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, corbet@....net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MAINTAINERS: add the Memory Consistency Model
 subsystem

On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 01:04:26PM +0100, Andrea Parri wrote:
> Integrate (and then remove) tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS into the
> main MAINTAINERS file. This way get_maintainer.pl can give a "right
> answer" for tools/memory-model/.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                    | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS | 15 ---------------
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 tools/memory-model/MAINTAINERS

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Makes a lot more sense having this in the top-level MAINTAINERS file.
It might also make sense to add:

  F:	Documentation/memory-barriers.txt

as a separate patch now that we have a hit-list of memory model people
who can help poor old Jon (who currently gets blamed by get_maintainer.pl).

Will