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

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2026-10-31 at 18:47 -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2026 at 05:38:46PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2026-10-31 at 16:59 -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2026 at 03:52:50PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > Please add a wildcard * at the end
> > > 
> > > I will, once the rationale is clear and documented so that people know what to
> > > do in the future.
> > 
> > MAINTAINERS currently has:
> > 
> > 	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
> 
> 	   F:  drivers/net/foo  everything under drivers/net/ which starts
> 	   with "foo"
> 

No.  The intent is to match typical file matching patterns.

For instance:

This does not match anything

$ git ls-files -- 'Kcon'
$

but this does

$ git ls-files -- 'Kconfig'
Kconfig
$

and so does this

$ git ls-files -- 'Kconf*'
Kconfig
$