Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Fix Intel TDX kernel file patterns

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2026-10-30 at 11:20 -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:16:46AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> It's probably better to use F: and not N:
> 
> The reason being?

>From MAINTAINERS:

	F: *Files* and directories wildcard patterns.
	   A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files.
	   F:	drivers/net/	all files in and below drivers/net
	   F:	drivers/net/*	all files in drivers/net, but not below
	   F:	*/net/*		all files in "any top level directory"/net
	   F:	fs/**/*foo*.c	all *foo*.c files in any subdirectory of fs
	   One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
	X: *Excluded* files and directories that are NOT maintained, same
	   rules as F:. Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
	   Can be useful for excluding a specific subdirectory, for instance:
	   F:	net/
	   X:	net/ipv6/
	   matches all files in and below net excluding net/ipv6/
	N: Files and directories *Regex* patterns.
	   N:	[^a-z]tegra	all files whose path contains tegra
	                        (not including files like integrator)
	   One pattern per line.  Multiple N: lines acceptable.
	   scripts/get_maintainer.pl has different behavior for files that
	   match F: pattern and matches of N: patterns.  By default,
	   get_maintainer will not look at git log history when an F: pattern
	   match occurs.  When an N: match occurs, git log history is used
	   to also notify the people that have git commit signatures.