From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Doug Covelli <dcovelli@vmware.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:45:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52271D5E.4060402@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378284821.9739.7404.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com>
On 09/04/2013 01:53 AM, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hey,
>
> This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state
> that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file
> as well.
>
> If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few
> changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but were
> not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes. It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl, but adding this entry in
> MAINTAINERS should solve the problem at hand. For one of the changes
> [1], I did verify that get_maintainer.pl, now expectedly includes me in
> the cc list.
>
> Thanks,
> Alok
>
That is indeed what the maintainers file is for.
> Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the authors of a file.
No, it reflects the *maintainer(s)* of a file.
-hpa
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Doug Covelli <dcovelli@vmware.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:45:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52271D5E.4060402@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378284821.9739.7404.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com>
On 09/04/2013 01:53 AM, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hey,
>
> This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state
> that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file
> as well.
>
> If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few
> changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but were
> not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes. It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl, but adding this entry in
> MAINTAINERS should solve the problem at hand. For one of the changes
> [1], I did verify that get_maintainer.pl, now expectedly includes me in
> the cc list.
>
> Thanks,
> Alok
>
That is indeed what the maintainers file is for.
> Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the authors of a file.
No, it reflects the *maintainer(s)* of a file.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-04 11:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-04 8:53 [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Alok Kataria
2013-09-04 8:53 ` Alok Kataria
2013-09-04 11:45 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-09-04 11:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-09-04 11:52 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/ x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c tip-bot for Alok Kataria
2013-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Joe Perches
2013-09-04 17:16 ` Joe Perches
2013-09-05 4:46 ` Alok Kataria
2013-09-05 4:46 ` Alok Kataria
2013-09-05 5:03 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/ x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c tip-bot for Alok Kataria
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