Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: add keyword for devicetree overlay notifiers

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Mon May 07 2018 - 20:17:07 EST


Hi Rob,

Do you want to take this or should I route it through Andrew?

-Frank


On 04/27/18 18:31, frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Devicetree overlay notifiers have a chance to potentially get
> pointers into the overlay unflattened devicetree and overlay FDT.
> The only protection against these pointers being accessed after
> the underlying data has been released by kfree() is by source
> code review of patches. Add a keyword line to the devicetree
> overlay maintainers entry to try to catch overlay notifier
> related patches.
>
> The keyword line is added to the devicetree overlay entry instead
> of the devicetree entry so that not all maintainers will receive
> the additional review traffic. Add Frank Rowand (already a
> maintainer in the devicetree entry) so that he will receive
> the additional review traffic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> changes from version 1:
> - removed extraneous "From:" tags at top of patch description
>
>
> MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 92be777d060a..aca3956694f8 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10422,12 +10422,14 @@ F: drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic
>
> OPEN FIRMWARE AND DEVICE TREE OVERLAYS
> M: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> F: Documentation/devicetree/dynamic-resolution-notes.txt
> F: Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt
> F: drivers/of/overlay.c
> F: drivers/of/resolver.c
> +K: of_overlay_notifier_
>
> OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE
> M: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>