Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:30 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Did you actually try it.
> > > yes.
> > Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having
> > "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming
> > explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c.
> > 
> > Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one.
> 
> Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here.
> It's documented what the script does with wildcards.
> 
> You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified
> for VFS is inappropriate though,

If people prefer, I can add a MAINTAINERS entry ... it's just that none
of the binfmts currently has one, plus linux-fsdevel is still fingered
as the list and that's the place to send patches and bug reports
anyway.

James