From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932863AbcHCUpi (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2016 16:45:38 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:54769 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932589AbcHCUpT (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2016 16:45:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 22:25:13 +0200 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Josh Poimboeuf , Michael Ellerman , "H. Peter Anvin" , Borislav Petkov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linux-arch , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Joe Perches Subject: Re: Generic section maintainers Message-ID: <20160803202513.GU3296@wotan.suse.de> References: <4940990.NJeuzLZEL9@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4940990.NJeuzLZEL9@wuerfel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:11:48PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 12:56:22 PM CEST Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > Arnd, Josh, > > > > In my linker table work [0], other than the linker table work and > > section ranges stuff, I'm adding: > > > > o include/linux/sections.h > > o include/asm-generic/section-core.h (not in RFC v3 but it is in my > > RFC v4 series not yet posted, splitting this up fixes compilation on > > powerpc which otherwise creates a header issue nightmare to resolve) > > > > I extend include/asm-generic/sections.h to then include > > , and furthermore provide the beginning of > > a central place to document in a central place all common sections. > > > > As per checkpatch complaints I'll be adding myself to MAINTAINERS for > > the linker table headers, section ranges, but noticed then we don't > > have anyone in particularly looking carefully after > > include/asm-generic/sections.h other than the default which is Arnd. > > Given this work on streamlining the section stuff, I'd like to help so > > am considering adding a specific entry on MAINTAINRERS for generic > > sections and adding myself to it along with Arnd. Wanted to check if > > this is OK. While at it, it occurred to me that you might be > > interested in this a swell Josh, given your work with objtool. Would > > anyone else like to help with active maintenance / review of these ? > > I'd rather not be listed separately for this file, I'm not really > an expert on linker scripts, and checkpatch.pl will pick up my > address anyway. I'm definitely not an expert on linker scripts, nor do I think many folk are, I just need to get work done and by chance have gotten involved into dark creepy corners. > With my name removed from the entry, please add > > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann OK I'll fold the changes into the patch provided Josh is also OK with it, but will keep the ACK out given that the patch has other changes, I'd hope for a review upon the next respin. > If you want, I can still merge the patches for these files through > my asm-generic git tree, but then I'd rely on you to pick them > up and forward them after review. Sure. Luis