linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add Nick to Kbuild reviewers

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdn4DvH_S3wgk49E=mCgwKhErhf8BDVzPXLTmB74GDQBKw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:23:23 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add Nick to Kbuild reviewers

+ Linux kbuild, Michal

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 6:08 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 5:56 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Kees' post inspired me to get more involved. I still have a long way to
> > go in terms of mastery of GNU make, but at the least I can help with
> > more code review. It's also helpful for me to pick up on what's missing
> > from the LLVM ecosystem.
>
>
> Reviews and tests are always appreciated.
> Of course, not only from those who are listed in
> the MAINTAINERS file, but everybody can provide
> reviews to any patches in their interests.
>
> Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.
>
>
> BTW, one struggle about being a maintainter
> of this entry is I need to take a look
> into random stuff.
>
> KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> Another BTW, this patch reminds me of Michal.
> He is inactive for a long time.
> I should ask him if he wants to continue
> to be a kbuild maintainer.

I was going to ask if there was handling for "emeritus status?"  The
last meaningful commit seems to be from Nov 2016, though it seems they
were the maintainer since 2009 (5ce45962b26a)!

>
>
>
>
>
> > Link: https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index efac6221afe1..9768e4a19662 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -10091,6 +10091,7 @@ F:      fs/autofs/
> >  KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)
> >  M:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> >  M:     Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
> > +R:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> >  L:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
> >  S:     Maintained
> >  T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git
> > --
> > 2.32.0.605.g8dce9f2422-goog
> >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers