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

[Edgecombe, Rick P]

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.
> 
> The same happens when someone uses it to check
> 
>   drivers/power/reset/tdx-ec-poweroff.c
> 
> patches.
> 
> 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
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 7a162e9bcab1..015cf66afb96 100644
> --- 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
> +F:	tools/testing/selftests/tdx/

This drops arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c. Not that we are sending any PRs based on this
maintainer entry, but I'd like to continue to keep tabs on that code.

Sean do you have any thoughts about how this entry applies to the KVM side of
TDX? I'm not sure we actually ever had a specific discussion.

In practice it has been a cross subsystem wrangler role. With TDX connect it
will likely grow more tentacles.

>  
>  X86 VDSO
>  M:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> 2.53.0