linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add an explicit credentials entry

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRW4Be+uBbtgCRvSkUj1-CtYFZ9jbD9MZM70i7GhF624Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 12:13:08 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add an explicit credentials entry

On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
>
> The lack of an explicit credential (kernel/cred.c) entry has caused
> confusion in the past among new, and not-so-new developers, about where
> to send credential patches for discussion and merging.  Those patches
> that are sent can often rot on the mailing lists for months as there
> is no clear maintainer tasked with reviewing and merging patches.
>
> I'm volunteering for the cred maintainer role to try and reduce the
> confusion and help cred patches find their way up to Linus' tree.  As
> there generally aren't a lot of cred patches I'll start with simply
> folding them into the LSM tree, but if this changes I'll setup a
> dedicated cred tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

I haven't seen any objections, or any other volunteers, so I'm going
to go ahead and merge this to send up to Linus during the upcoming
merge window.

> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 896a307fa065..68e4656c15ea 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -6139,6 +6139,14 @@ L:       linux-input@...r.kernel.org
>  S:     Maintained
>  F:     drivers/hid/hid-creative-sb0540.c
>
> +CREDENTIALS
> +M:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> +L:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
> +S:     Supported
> +T:     git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm.git
> +F:     include/linux/cred.h
> +F:     kernel/cred.c
> +
>  INTEL CRPS COMMON REDUNDANT PSU DRIVER
>  M:     Ninad Palsule <ninad@...ux.ibm.com>
>  L:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
> --
> 2.48.1

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