Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for devm helpers

From: Vaittinen, Matti
Date: Wed Apr 21 2021 - 08:17:39 EST



On Wed, 2021-04-21 at 13:58 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 4/21/21 9:51 AM, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2021-03-23 at 15:19 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 02:58:28PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On 3/23/21 2:56 PM, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > > > > Devm helper header containing small inline helpers was added.
> > > > > Hans promised to maintain it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Add Hans as maintainer and myself as designated reviewer.
> > > > >
> > > > Ultimately this is up to Greg though, so lets wait and see what
> > > > Greg has to say about this.
> > >
> > > Can we move some of the devm_* calls in include/device.h into
> > > here as
> > > well so that you all can be in charge of them instead of me?
> >
> > Seems like this was left w/o answer. I guess the question was
> > pointed
> > to Hans
>
> I believe that Greg was (mostly) joking here. At least that is how
> I interpreted Greg's reply,which is why I did not answer.

Ah. I missed the sarcastic tone of typing. I should've noted that by
the font :]

> Also note that Greg merged this series, but not this patch,
> so the new devm-helpers.h file will presumably be maintained by Greg.

Hmm. Are you sure?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git/commit/?h=driver-core-next&id=2077ca682169afb212d8a887c70057a660290df9


Best Regards
Matti Vaittinen