On 11/12/26 12:36, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2026, Nicolas Schier wrote:
>> Thanks!  I know some people who are definitly interested in such a
>> config policy checker.
>>
> Great, thanks!
> 
> I hope this leads to more mainline kernel configuration policies as well.
> 
> On the user-space side, it's one of the reasons I'm versioning the schema
> in v2.  This way, projects like systemd can ship their own kernel policy
> file, and that policy will be guaranteed to work with all future versions
> of this tool.
> 
> So it's all mainline-first; both kernel upstream and userspace downstream.
> 
>> Please prepare a new MAINTAINERS entry in a respin.
> Sure.
> 
> Beside a separate entry for the checker itself, I'll also add:
> 
>     F: tools/kconfig-audit/policies/preempt_rt.yml
> 
> to the 'Real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)' entry.
> 
>> Are you planning to maintain it after inclusion?
> Yes, I'll be happy to maintain it.
> 
> Would it be OK if one or two people from the Kconfig side also step-up as
> reviewrs?  Julian? Nicolas? Nathan?

I will politely decline the official title, but I will (unofficially)
watch and review some patches if merged :)

- Julian Braha