Re: [PATCH -v2] MAINTAINERS: Fix Intel TDX kernel file patterns

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2026-10-30 at 20:01 -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> A K: is a content regex file pattern which matches any text in a patch
> so if a commit message contains "tdx" as in
> 
>   has_tdxe_auto_clear
> 
> for example, see
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261026-g2ul_sci-v3-3-b3097163edd5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> get_maintainer.pl erroneously adds the x86 gang to the Cc list for what
> obviously is a completely unrelated patch.

It's not an error in get_maintainer.pl
and V2: no changelog


> So switch the x86 TDX patterns to files and directories (F:) wildcard
> type patterns and group them by path, for less false positives.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261027055750.GBauA9XlPykc1c1Xhv@fat_crate.local

nack.  Bad file pattern below


> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -30347,8 +30347,11 @@ L:	linux-coco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  L:	kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  S:	Supported
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86/tdx
> -N:	tdx
> -K:	\b(tdx)
> +F:	arch/x86/**/*tdx*
> +F:	Documentation/**/*tdx*
> +F:	drivers/virt/coco/tdx*/
> +F:	include/uapi/linux/tdx

No file match.  Probably should be:

F:	include/uapi/linux/tdx*

but as far as I can see there's only a single file there.

F:	include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h

> +F:	tools/testing/selftests/tdx/
>  
>  X86 VDSO
>  M:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>