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

From: Francesco Dolcini

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 11:49:04 EST


Hello,

On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 08:01:12PM -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

And I just send more unrelated patches ... "tdx" is just the short form
for Toradex (since 2003 ;-)

> 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

Acked-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Francesco