linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Add a 'tag' field to MAINTAINERS

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Message-ID: <286e55e0c37d2ae60c123412318f90accf0473d0.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:39:57 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add a 'tag' field to MAINTAINERS

On Thu, 2021-12-16 at 21:43 +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> People find it hard to use the right tag when sending patches which
> affect a maintainer that they don't interact with often.  If we add
> a field to MAINTAINERS, perhaps a tool will be written some day that
> automatically adds it to patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 0a1410d5a621..c6358fa58fed 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>  	R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@...ain>
>  	   These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
>  	L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
> +	J: Prefix to use when sending a patch
>  	W: Web-page with status/info
>  	B: URI for where to file bugs. A web-page with detailed bug
>  	   filing info, a direct bug tracker link, or a mailto: URI.
> @@ -2667,6 +2668,7 @@ F:	drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
>  BLOCK LAYER
>  M:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
>  L:	linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> +J:	block
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	block/
> @@ -14927,6 +14929,7 @@ M:	Pawel Osciak <pawel@...iak.com>
>  M:	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
>  M:	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
>  L:	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> +J:	videobuf
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-*
>  F:	include/media/videobuf2-*
>