linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/1] MAINTAINERS: add cper to APEI files

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Message-ID: <CAMj1kXFO6fsCvF5NbOihppcB9UGA7_LjkpfE5JKd_jydj47coA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:52:52 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Ahmed Tiba <ahmed.tiba@....com>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>, 
	Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/1] MAINTAINERS: add cper to APEI files

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 11:24, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab+huawei@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The CPER records are defined as part of UEFI specs, but its
> primary way to report it is via APEI/GHES. As such, let's
> place it under the same umbrella to make easier for patch
> review.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

I'll take this as a fix, unless anyone objects.


> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 5b11839cba9d..2f8bdcfe31d8 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ R:  Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
>  R:     Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
>  L:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
>  F:     drivers/acpi/apei/
> +F:     drivers/firmware/efi/cper*
>
>  ACPI COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (ACPICA)
>  M:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
> @@ -9511,6 +9512,7 @@ F:        arch/arm/boot/compressed/efi-header.S
>  F:     arch/x86/platform/efi/
>  F:     drivers/firmware/efi/
>  F:     include/linux/efi*.h
> +X:     drivers/firmware/efi/cper*
>
>  EXTERNAL CONNECTOR SUBSYSTEM (EXTCON)
>  M:     MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
> --
> 2.52.0
>