Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] drivers/base/cpu: Print kernel arch

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-09-01T16:02:46Z

On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 05:47:03PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> [ Cc Eric Biederman as the author of kernel/utsname_sysctl.c ]
>
> > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 02:51:41PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > > Print the machine hardware name (UTS_MACHINE) in /proc/sys/kernel/arch.
>
> > > This helps people who debug kernel with initramfs with minimal
> > > environment (i.e. without coreutils or even busybox) or allow to open
> > > sysfs file instead of run 'uname -m' in high level languages.
>
> > > Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 5 +++++
> > > kernel/utsname_sysctl.c | 7 +++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> > Wait, why does the subject line say "drivers/base/cpu"? That's not a
> > file being touched in this commit at all, so this isn't for me to take
> > :(
>
> Thanks for info. My bad, I forget to update the subject.
> I can send v3 with corrected subject, but who is going to take this?
>
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
>
> There is listed Author: Eric Biederman, so is it him to Cc ?

Yeah, that would be best, or maybe Andrew?