Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: adjust to livepatch .klp.arch removal

From: Kamalesh Babulal
Date: Fri May 15 2020 - 04:11:53 EST


On 5/15/20 3:15 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sat, 9 May 2020, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>
>>> Commit 1d05334d2899 ("livepatch: Remove .klp.arch") removed
>>> arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c, but missed to adjust the LIVE PATCHING entry
>>> in MAINTAINERS.
>>>
>>> Since then, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
>>>
>>> warning: no file matches F: arch/x86/kernel/livepatch.c
>>>
>>> So, drop that obsolete file entry in MAINTAINERS.
>>
>> Patch looks good to me, you probably want to add following architecture
>> specific livepatching header files to the list:
>>
>> arch/s390/include/asm/livepatch.h
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
>
> Good point, thanks for spotting it Kamalesh. I've queued the patch below
> on top.
>
>

Thanks, Jiri. I realized later, that the lib/livepatch directory also needs
to be included in the list of files maintained under livepatch. Earlier, this
week I had sent a patch to the mailing list that includes both arch
headers and lib/livepatch to the list of files, the link to the patch is:

https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/20200511061014.308675-1-kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/


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Kamalesh