Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add lib/percpu* as part of percpu entry

From: Dennis Zhou
Date: Tue May 11 2021 - 09:48:41 EST


Hello,

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 04:17:37PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> Without this patch get_maintainers.pl on a patch which modified
> lib/percpu_refcount.c produces:
>
> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:2/5=40%)
> Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:2/5=40%,authored:2/5=40%,added_lines:99/114=87%,removed_lines:34/43=79%)
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/5=20%,authored:1/5=20%,added_lines:9/114=8%,removed_lines:3/43=7%)
> Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/5=20%)
> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/5=20%)
> Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx> (authored:1/5=20%,removed_lines:3/43=7%)
> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> (authored:1/5=20%,removed_lines:3/43=7%)
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
>
> Whereas with the patch applied it now (properly) prints:
>
> Dennis Zhou <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:PER-CPU MEMORY ALLOCATOR)
> Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:PER-CPU MEMORY ALLOCATOR)
> Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:PER-CPU MEMORY ALLOCATOR)
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index d92f85ca831d..b18fed606ddd 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -14004,6 +14004,7 @@ S: Maintained
> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dennis/percpu.git
> F: arch/*/include/asm/percpu.h
> F: include/linux/percpu*.h
> +F: lib/percpu*.c
> F: mm/percpu*.c
>
> PER-TASK DELAY ACCOUNTING
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Yeah, in the past I've taken percpu_ref stuff, so I think this makes
sense. If no one has any objections I'll pick this up and your other
patch.

Thanks,
Dennis