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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:26:45 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Taylor Bates <tmbates12@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] tools: ynl: stop find_kernel_root()
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On Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:45:09 -0400 Taylor Bates wrote:
> However, if it is run out-of-tree and does not find a MAINTAINERS
> file in any of the directories, find_kernel_root() reaches "/".
> Since os.path.dirname() is idempotent at "/", the while True: has no
> exit.

Not our intended use case, why would we care about people copying code
out of tree? if they do they can patch the generator as well.