linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: adjust to livepatch .klp.arch removal

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Message-ID: <509c316f-5b34-2859-49aa-e4fe4a407428@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 13:41:25 +0530
From:   Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: adjust to livepatch .klp.arch removal

On 5/15/20 3:15 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sat, 9 May 2020, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> 
>>> Commit 1d05334d2899 ("livepatch: Remove .klp.arch") removed
>>> arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c, but missed to adjust the LIVE PATCHING entry
>>> in MAINTAINERS.
>>>
>>> Since then, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
>>>
>>>   warning: no file matches  F:  arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
>>>
>>> So, drop that obsolete file entry in MAINTAINERS.
>>
>> Patch looks good to me,  you probably want to add following architecture
>> specific livepatching header files to the list:
>>
>> arch/s390/include/asm/livepatch.h
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> 
> Good point, thanks for spotting it Kamalesh. I've queued the patch below 
> on top.
> 
> 

Thanks, Jiri. I realized later, that the lib/livepatch directory also needs
to be included in the list of files maintained under livepatch. Earlier, this
week I had sent a patch to the mailing list that includes both arch
headers and lib/livepatch to the list of files, the link to the patch is:

https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/20200511061014.308675-1-kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com/


-- 
Kamalesh