From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
geert@linux-m68k.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
mario.limonciello@amd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only pattern matching type
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:21:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023092709-diminish-antelope-a803@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFhGd8rJ=-SVB2NLhjoHbpHS-3ar0g0qT0LY4YTakp8eD83s7Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 03:46:30PM +0900, Justin Stitt wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:14 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 03:19:16AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> > > Note that folks really shouldn't be using get_maintainer on tree files
> > > anyways [1].
> >
> > That's not true, Linus and I use it on a daily basis this way, it's part
> > of our normal workflow, AND the workflow of the kernel security team.
> >
> > So please don't take that valid use-case away from us.
>
> Fair. I'm on the side of keeping the "K:'' behavior the way it is and
> that's why I'm proposing adding "D:" to provide a more granular
> content matching type operating strictly on patches. It's purely
> opt-in.
>
> The patch I linked mentioned steering folks away from using
> tree files but not necessarily removing the behavior.
Please don't steer folks away from it, it is a valid use case of the
tool, and I would argue, one of the most important ones given how often
I use it that way.
Hence my objection to this verbage in the changelog, it's not correct.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-27 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-27 3:19 [PATCH 0/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching Justin Stitt
2023-09-27 3:19 ` [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: add documentation for D: Justin Stitt
2023-09-27 3:27 ` Joe Perches
2023-09-27 3:30 ` Justin Stitt
2023-09-27 16:06 ` Kees Cook
2023-09-27 3:19 ` [PATCH 3/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only pattern matching type Justin Stitt
2023-09-27 6:14 ` Greg KH
2023-09-27 6:46 ` Justin Stitt
2023-09-27 8:21 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-09-27 16:15 ` Kees Cook
2023-09-27 19:33 ` Joe Perches
2023-09-27 19:00 ` Joe Perches
[not found] ` <20230927-get_maintainer_add_d-v1-2-28c207229e72@google.com>
2023-09-27 3:26 ` [PATCH 2/3] get_maintainer: run perltidy Joe Perches
2023-09-27 15:24 ` [PATCH 0/3] get_maintainer: add patch-only keyword matching Nick Desaulniers
2023-09-27 16:01 ` Kees Cook
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