Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add stackinit KUnit test to HARDENING

From: Nick Desaulniers

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 16:43:19 EST


On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Noticed while preparing a patch to lib/tests/stackinit_kunit.c: the file
> is not listed in MAINTAINERS, so get_maintainer.pl does not suggest Kees
> or linux-hardening for changes to it, only the catch-all list.
>
> before:
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f lib/tests/stackinit_kunit.c
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
>
> after:
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f lib/tests/stackinit_kunit.c
> Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:KERNEL HARDENING
> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> (reviewer:KERNEL HARDENING
> linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:KERNEL HARDENING
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 4f72b4ac27ee..019f443af051 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -14164,6 +14164,7 @@ F: include/linux/ucopysize.h
> F: kernel/configs/hardening.config
> F: kernel/kstack_erase.c
> F: lib/tests/randstruct_kunit.c
> +F: lib/tests/stackinit_kunit.c
> F: lib/tests/usercopy_kunit.c
> F: mm/usercopy.c
> F: scripts/Makefile.kstack_erase
>
> ---
> base-commit: 5e0f8396d4805a3e7f753fa58c8c55f1f3cc2160
> change-id: 20261002-maintainers-stackinit-230afe234e5a
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>


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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers