From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755037Ab3IEEq7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Sep 2013 00:46:59 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com ([208.91.2.13]:41738 "EHLO smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754649Ab3IEEq6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Sep 2013 00:46:58 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface From: Alok Kataria Reply-To: Alok Kataria To: Joe Perches Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , the arch/x86 maintainers , LKML , Doug Covelli , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org In-Reply-To: <1378314979.1787.24.camel@joe-AO722> References: <1378284821.9739.7404.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com> <1378314979.1787.24.camel@joe-AO722> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:16:53 +0530 Message-ID: <1378356413.9739.7446.camel@akataria-dtop.eng.vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > +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 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 -L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org -S: Supported -F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c +M: Alok Kataria +L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org +S: Supported +F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER M: Shreyas Bhatewara