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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:04:54 -0500
From:   Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update audit files

On 2021-03-12 16:38, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:41 AM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
> > Add files maintaned by the audit subsystem.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 6eff4f720c72..a17532559665 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -3015,9 +3015,13 @@ L:       linux-audit@...hat.com (moderated for non-subscribers)
> >  S:     Supported
> >  W:     https://github.com/linux-audit
> >  T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/audit.git
> > +F:     arch/*/*/*audit*.[ch]
> 
> That looks like it has about two too many wildcards to hold up over time :)
> 
> I understand what you're trying to do here, and while I don't disagree
> in principle, I worry that the arch specific paths vary enough that
> trying to handle it here is going to be a bit of a mess.
> 
> > +F:     arch/x86/include/asm/audit.h
> 
> The fact that we need a special entry for the single header under x86
> tends to reinforce that.  The other additions make sense, but I think
> it may be best to leave the arch specific areas alone for now.

Ok, I should have labelled this "RFC".  :-)

> > +F:     include/asm-generic/audit_*.h
> >  F:     include/linux/audit.h
> >  F:     include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> >  F:     kernel/audit*
> > +F:     lib/*audit.c
> >
> >  AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS
> >  M:     Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> 
> paul moore

- RGB

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