Generic section maintainers

Generic section maintainers

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

Arnd, Josh,

In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and
section ranges stuff, I'm adding:

o include/linux/sections.h
o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my
RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on
powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve)

I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include
<asm-generic/section-core.h>, and furthermore provide the beginning of
a central place to document in a central place all common sections.

As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for
the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't
have anyone in particularly looking carefully after
include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd.
Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so
am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic
sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if
this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be
interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would
anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ?

So is this OK to merge into my series into the patch "sections.h: add
sections header to collect all section info".

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 49b354cb455a..9919277c66ae 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5190,6 +5190,18 @@ S: Supported
 F: drivers/base/power/domain*.c
 F: include/linux/pm_domain.h

+GENERIC SECTIONS
+M: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
+M: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
+M: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
+L: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
+L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+S: Supported
+F: include/asm-generic/section-core.h
+F: include/asm-generic/sections.h
+F: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+F: Documentation/DocBook/sections.tmpl
+
 GENERIC UIO DRIVER FOR PCI DEVICES
 M: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
 L: kvm@vger.kernel.org


[0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1469222687-1600-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org

  Luis

Re: Generic section maintainers

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 12:56:22 PM CEST Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Arnd, Josh,
> 
> In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and
> section ranges stuff, I'm adding:
> 
> o include/linux/sections.h
> o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my
> RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on
> powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve)
> 
> I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include
> <asm-generic/section-core.h>, and furthermore provide the beginning of
> a central place to document in a central place all common sections.
> 
> As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for
> the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't
> have anyone in particularly looking carefully after
> include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd.
> Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so
> am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic
> sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if
> this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be
> interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would
> anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ?

I'd rather not be listed separately for this file, I'm not really
an expert on linker scripts, and checkpatch.pl will pick up my
address anyway.

With my name removed from the entry, please add

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

If you want, I can still merge the patches for these files through
my asm-generic git tree, but then I'd rely on you to pick them
up and forward them after review.

	Arnd

Re: Generic section maintainers

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:11:48PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 12:56:22 PM CEST Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Arnd, Josh,
> > 
> > In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and
> > section ranges stuff, I'm adding:
> > 
> > o include/linux/sections.h
> > o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my
> > RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on
> > powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve)
> > 
> > I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include
> > <asm-generic/section-core.h>, and furthermore provide the beginning of
> > a central place to document in a central place all common sections.
> > 
> > As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for
> > the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't
> > have anyone in particularly looking carefully after
> > include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd.
> > Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so
> > am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic
> > sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if
> > this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be
> > interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would
> > anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ?
> 
> I'd rather not be listed separately for this file, I'm not really
> an expert on linker scripts, and checkpatch.pl will pick up my
> address anyway.

I'm definitely not an expert on linker scripts, nor do I think many folk are, I
just need to get work done and by chance have gotten involved into dark creepy
corners.

> With my name removed from the entry, please add
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

OK I'll fold the changes into the patch provided Josh is also OK
with it, but will keep the ACK out given that the patch has other
changes, I'd hope for a review upon the next respin.

> If you want, I can still merge the patches for these files through
> my asm-generic git tree, but then I'd rely on you to pick them
> up and forward them after review.

Sure.

  Luis

Re: Generic section maintainers

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 12:56:22PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Arnd, Josh,
> 
> In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and
> section ranges stuff, I'm adding:
> 
> o include/linux/sections.h
> o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my
> RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on
> powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve)
> 
> I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include
> <asm-generic/section-core.h>, and furthermore provide the beginning of
> a central place to document in a central place all common sections.
> 
> As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for
> the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't
> have anyone in particularly looking carefully after
> include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd.
> Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so
> am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic
> sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if
> this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be
> interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would
> anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ?
> 
> So is this OK to merge into my series into the patch "sections.h: add
> sections header to collect all section info".
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 49b354cb455a..9919277c66ae 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5190,6 +5190,18 @@ S: Supported
>  F: drivers/base/power/domain*.c
>  F: include/linux/pm_domain.h
> 
> +GENERIC SECTIONS
> +M: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> +M: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> +M: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> +L: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
> +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> +S: Supported
> +F: include/asm-generic/section-core.h
> +F: include/asm-generic/sections.h
> +F: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> +F: Documentation/DocBook/sections.tmpl

Hi Luis,

Thanks to my past work with objtool and kpatch, I know far more than I
ever wanted to know about all the kernel's custom ELF sections.  So it's
fine with me if you want to add me as a maintainer for those files.

-- 
Josh

Re: Generic section maintainers

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 11:28:40PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 12:56:22PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Arnd, Josh,
> > 
> > In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and
> > section ranges stuff, I'm adding:
> > 
> > o include/linux/sections.h
> > o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my
> > RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on
> > powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve)
> > 
> > I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include
> > <asm-generic/section-core.h>, and furthermore provide the beginning of
> > a central place to document in a central place all common sections.
> > 
> > As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for
> > the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't
> > have anyone in particularly looking carefully after
> > include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd.
> > Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so
> > am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic
> > sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if
> > this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be
> > interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would
> > anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ?
> > 
> > So is this OK to merge into my series into the patch "sections.h: add
> > sections header to collect all section info".
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 49b354cb455a..9919277c66ae 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -5190,6 +5190,18 @@ S: Supported
> >  F: drivers/base/power/domain*.c
> >  F: include/linux/pm_domain.h
> > 
> > +GENERIC SECTIONS
> > +M: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> > +M: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> > +M: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > +L: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
> > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > +S: Supported
> > +F: include/asm-generic/section-core.h
> > +F: include/asm-generic/sections.h
> > +F: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +F: Documentation/DocBook/sections.tmpl
> 
> Hi Luis,
> 
> Thanks to my past work with objtool and kpatch, I know far more than I
> ever wanted to know about all the kernel's custom ELF sections.  So it's
> fine with me if you want to add me as a maintainer for those files.

OK thanks! I'll fold this into my changes.

  Luis

Re: Generic section maintainers

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 08/04/16 10:06, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>>
>>> +GENERIC SECTIONS
>>> +M: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
>>> +M: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
>>> +M: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>> +L: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
>>> +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>>> +S: Supported
>>> +F: include/asm-generic/section-core.h
>>> +F: include/asm-generic/sections.h
>>> +F: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
>>> +F: Documentation/DocBook/sections.tmpl
>>
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> Thanks to my past work with objtool and kpatch, I know far more than I
>> ever wanted to know about all the kernel's custom ELF sections.  So it's
>> fine with me if you want to add me as a maintainer for those files.
> 
> OK thanks! I'll fold this into my changes.
> 

You can add me too if you want.

	-hpa

Re: Generic section maintainers

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 11:47:10AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/04/16 10:06, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> >>>
> >>> +GENERIC SECTIONS
> >>> +M: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> >>> +M: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> >>> +M: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> >>> +L: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
> >>> +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> >>> +S: Supported
> >>> +F: include/asm-generic/section-core.h
> >>> +F: include/asm-generic/sections.h
> >>> +F: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> >>> +F: Documentation/DocBook/sections.tmpl
> >>
> >> Hi Luis,
> >>
> >> Thanks to my past work with objtool and kpatch, I know far more than I
> >> ever wanted to know about all the kernel's custom ELF sections.  So it's
> >> fine with me if you want to add me as a maintainer for those files.
> > 
> > OK thanks! I'll fold this into my changes.
> > 
> 
> You can add me too if you want.

Great, that would be of huge help, thanks!

  Luis