From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964899AbeEISbo (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2018 14:31:44 -0400 Received: from mail-ot0-f194.google.com ([74.125.82.194]:41036 "EHLO mail-ot0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933577AbeEISbm (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2018 14:31:42 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZoR6I80ccmtqVw34n8HiUAJSfbVsIE55XwpD6RHZdcXK33ae8qKmiGhdRsWyNANIy9iOwgG2A== Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 13:31:40 -0500 From: Rob Herring To: frowand.list@gmail.com Cc: pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com, Pantelis Antoniou , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kiszka Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: add keyword for devicetree overlay notifiers Message-ID: <20180509183140.GA11580@rob-hp-laptop> References: <1524879080-27111-1-git-send-email-frowand.list@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1524879080-27111-1-git-send-email-frowand.list@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 06:31:20PM -0700, frowand.list@gmail.com wrote: > From: Frank Rowand > > Devicetree overlay notifiers have a chance to potentially get > pointers into the overlay unflattened devicetree and overlay FDT. > The only protection against these pointers being accessed after > the underlying data has been released by kfree() is by source > code review of patches. Add a keyword line to the devicetree > overlay maintainers entry to try to catch overlay notifier > related patches. > > The keyword line is added to the devicetree overlay entry instead > of the devicetree entry so that not all maintainers will receive > the additional review traffic. Add Frank Rowand (already a > maintainer in the devicetree entry) so that he will receive > the additional review traffic. > > Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand > --- > > changes from version 1: > - removed extraneous "From:" tags at top of patch description Applied, sorry it fell thru the cracks. Rob