linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: extend file entry in KHO to include subdirectories

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Message-ID: <mafs0y0okbypz.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:44:24 +0100
From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>
To: Lukas Bulwahn <lbulwahn@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,  Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
  Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@...gle.com>,  Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
  kexec@...ts.infradead.org,  linux-mm@...ck.org,
  linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,  kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: extend file entry in KHO to include
 subdirectories

On Tue, Nov 04 2025, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:

> From: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>
>
> Commit 3498209ff64e ("Documentation: add documentation for KHO") adds the
> file entry for 'Documentation/core-api/kho/*'. The asterisk in the end
> means that all files in kho are included, but not files in its
> subdirectories below.
> Hence, the files under Documentation/core-api/kho/bindings/ are not
> considered part of KHO, and get_maintainers.pl does not necessarily add the
> KHO maintainers to the recipients of patches to those files. Probably, this
> is not intended, though, and it was simply an oversight of the detailed
> semantics of such file entries.
>
> Make the file entry to include the subdirectories of
> Documentation/core-api/kho/.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav