linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add KVM x86 reviewers

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Date:   Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:48:04 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add KVM x86 reviewers

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> writes:

> This is probably overdone---KVM x86 has quite a few contributors that
> usually review each other's patches, which is really helpful to me.
> Formalize this by listing them as reviewers.  I am including people
> with various expertise:
>
> - Joerg for SVM (with designated reviewers, it makes more sense to have
> him in the main KVM/x86 stanza)
>
> - Sean for MMU and VMX
>

Sean is known to be a great SVM reviewer too!

> - Jim for VMX
>
> - Vitaly for Hyper-V and possibly SVM
>
> - Wanpeng for LAPIC and paravirtualization.
>
> Please ack if you are okay with this arrangement, otherwise speak up.
>
> In other news, Radim is going to leave Red Hat soon.  However, he has
> not been very much involved in upstream KVM development for some time,
> and in the immediate future he is still going to help maintain kvm/queue
> while I am on vacation.  Since not much is going to change, I will let
> him decide whether he wants to keep the maintainer role after he leaves.
>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 17 +++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 6498ebaca2f6..c569bd194d2a 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8738,14 +8738,6 @@ F:	virt/kvm/*
>  F:	tools/kvm/
>  F:	tools/testing/selftests/kvm/
>  
> -KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR AMD-V (KVM/amd)
> -M:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
> -L:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
> -W:	http://www.linux-kvm.org/
> -S:	Maintained
> -F:	arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> -F:	arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> -
>  KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR ARM/ARM64 (KVM/arm, KVM/arm64)
>  M:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
>  R:	James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> @@ -8803,6 +8795,11 @@ F:	tools/testing/selftests/kvm/*/s390x/
>  KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR X86 (KVM/x86)
>  M:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
>  M:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> +R:	Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> +R:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>

> +R:	Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> +R:	Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
> +R:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
>  L:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
>  W:	http://www.linux-kvm.org
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git
> @@ -8810,8 +8807,12 @@ S:	Supported
>  F:	arch/x86/kvm/
>  F:	arch/x86/kvm/*/
>  F:	arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm*
> +F:	arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
> +F:	arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
>  F:	arch/x86/include/asm/kvm*
>  F:	arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
> +F:	arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> +F:	arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>  F:	arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
>  F:	arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c

-- 
Vitaly