linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add new entry for pidfd api

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:32:29 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mchehab+samsung@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add new entry for pidfd api

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 03:10:06PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-07-14 at 21:33 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > Add me as a maintainer for pidfd stuff. This way we can easily see when
> > changes come in and people know who to yell at.
> []
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > []
> > @@ -12567,6 +12567,18 @@ F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/picoxcell*
> >  F:	arch/arm/mach-picoxcell/
> >  F:	drivers/crypto/picoxcell*
> >  
> > +PIDFD API
> > +M:	Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
> > +L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > +S:	Maintained
> > +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux.git
> > +F:	samples/pidfd/
> > +F:	tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/
> > +K:	(?i)pidfd
> > +K:	(?i)clone3
> 
> These seem fairly specific without false positives.
> 
> > +K:	\b(clone_args|kernel_clone_args)\b
> > +N:	pidfd
> 
> This one I'd suggest using 2 F: patterns instead
> as the patterns are more comprehensive and do not
> use git history when looked up with get_maintainer

Just to clarify, you suggest removing N: pidfd and just leaving in the
two F: patterns for samples/pidfd and tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/
below?

> 
> F:	samples/pidfd/
> F:	tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/
> 
>