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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] Add a 'tag' field to MAINTAINERS
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:43:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ybuy++k9sitvrem3@casper.infradead.org> (raw)

People find it hard to use the right tag when sending patches which
affect a maintainer that they don't interact with often.  If we add
a field to MAINTAINERS, perhaps a tool will be written some day that
automatically adds it to patches.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0a1410d5a621..c6358fa58fed 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
 	R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@domain>
 	   These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
 	L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
+	J: Prefix to use when sending a patch
 	W: Web-page with status/info
 	B: URI for where to file bugs. A web-page with detailed bug
 	   filing info, a direct bug tracker link, or a mailto: URI.
@@ -2667,6 +2668,7 @@ F:	drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c
 BLOCK LAYER
 M:	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
 L:	linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+J:	block
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git
 S:	Maintained
 F:	block/
@@ -14927,6 +14929,7 @@ M:	Pawel Osciak <pawel@osciak.com>
 M:	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
 M:	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
 L:	linux-media@vger.kernel.org
+J:	videobuf
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-*
 F:	include/media/videobuf2-*


             reply	other threads:[~2021-12-16 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-16 21:43 Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2021-12-17  2:39 ` [RFC] Add a 'tag' field to MAINTAINERS Joe Perches
2021-12-17  2:45   ` Joe Perches

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