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* [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
@ 2013-09-04  8:53 Alok Kataria
  2013-09-04 11:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alok Kataria @ 2013-09-04  8:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner,
	the arch/x86 maintainers
  Cc: LKML, Doug Covelli, virtualization

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 

[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137571112610984&w=2

>From : Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>

Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the authors of a file.

Signed-off-by: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>

Index: linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:07:34.404027068 +0530
+++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:20:39.714026943 +0530
@@ -9038,6 +9038,12 @@
 F:	drivers/vme/
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
+VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
+M: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+S: Supported
+F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
 M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>




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* Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
  2013-09-04  8:53 [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Alok Kataria
@ 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
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-09-04 11:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alok Kataria
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, the arch/x86 maintainers, LKML,
	Doug Covelli, virtualization

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


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* [tip:x86/urgent] x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/ x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
  2013-09-04  8:53 [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Alok Kataria
  2013-09-04 11:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
@ 2013-09-04 11:52 ` tip-bot for Alok Kataria
  2013-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Joe Perches
  2013-09-05  5:03 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/ x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c tip-bot for Alok Kataria
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Alok Kataria @ 2013-09-04 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, hpa, mingo, akataria, tglx, hpa

Commit-ID:  db14e78a61691888ded5896da5f171d662a4d2bd
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/db14e78a61691888ded5896da5f171d662a4d2bd
Author:     Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:23:41 +0530
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 04:49:07 -0700

x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c

Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the maintainers of this
file.

Signed-off-by: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378284821.9739.7404.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b140c81..3d48faa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9026,6 +9026,12 @@ F:	drivers/staging/vme/
 F:	drivers/vme/
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
+VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
+M: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+S: Supported
+F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
 M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>

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* Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
  2013-09-04  8:53 [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Alok Kataria
  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 ` Joe Perches
  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
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2013-09-04 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alok Kataria
  Cc: H. Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner,
	the arch/x86 maintainers, LKML, Doug Covelli, virtualization

On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 14:23 +0530, 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.

It never hurts to add MAINTAINER entries.

> 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.

Many people don't use get_maintainer

> It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl,

That shouldn't be a problem unless the email addresses are
also different.

> +++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:20:39.714026943 +0530
[]
> +VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
> +M: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
> +L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
> +S: Supported
> +F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> +

It'd be nicer to use tabs after the colon



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* Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface
  2013-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Joe Perches
@ 2013-09-05  4:46   ` Alok Kataria
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alok Kataria @ 2013-09-05  4:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Joe Perches
  Cc: H. Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner,
	the arch/x86 maintainers, LKML, Doug Covelli, virtualization

On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 10:16 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 14:23 +0530, 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.
> 
> It never hurts to add MAINTAINER entries.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Many people don't use get_maintainer
> 
> > It
> > could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> > Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl,
> 
> That shouldn't be a problem unless the email addresses are
> also different.
> 
> > +++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:20:39.714026943 +0530
> []
> > +VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
> > +M: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
> > +L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > +S: Supported
> > +F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> > +
> 
> It'd be nicer to use tabs after the colon

Oops, my current workspace had a different tab setting, thanks for
noticing. Regenerated the diffs on latest tip, tree. Peter can you
please apply this one as well. 
---

Fix whitespace issues. 

Signed-off-by: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>

Index: linux.trees.git/MAINTAINERS
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-05 10:11:31.784339571 +0530
+++ linux.trees.git/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-05 10:11:47.364339672 +0530
@@ -9041,10 +9041,10 @@
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
 VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
-M: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
-L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
-S: Supported
-F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+M:	Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
 
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>



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* [tip:x86/urgent] x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/ x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
  2013-09-04  8:53 [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Alok Kataria
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2013-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface Joe Perches
@ 2013-09-05  5:03 ` tip-bot for Alok Kataria
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Alok Kataria @ 2013-09-05  5:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, hpa, mingo, akataria, tglx, hpa

Commit-ID:  4488e09b4582c3d9cae1601351e26584e208d877
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/4488e09b4582c3d9cae1601351e26584e208d877
Author:     Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:23:41 +0530
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 22:00:04 -0700

x86, doc: Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c

Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the maintainers of this
file.

Signed-off-by: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378284821.9739.7404.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
[ hpa: fixed tabs vs spaces ]
---
 MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index defc053..fba8134 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9016,6 +9016,12 @@ F:	drivers/staging/vme/
 F:	drivers/vme/
 F:	include/linux/vme*
 
+VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
+M:	Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
+L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
+
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
 M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>

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