Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add keyword for devicetree overlay notifiers

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>]

Hi Rob,

I'm not sure how the extra "From:" of sony.com got into
this email.  I'll have to dig into my scripts and/or
git configs to figure that out.  The real "From:" is
the gmail.com one.

-Frank

On 04/27/18 17:50, frowand.list@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@sony.com>
> 
> From: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
> 
> Devicetree overlay notifiers have a chance to potentially get
> pointers into the overlay unflattened devicetree and overlay FDT.
> The only protection against these pointers being accessed after
> the underlying data has been released by kfree() is by source
> code review of patches.  Add a keyword line to the devicetree
> overlay maintainers entry to try to catch overlay notifier
> related patches.
> 
> The keyword line is added to the devicetree overlay entry instead
> of the devicetree entry so that not all maintainers will receive
> the additional review traffic.  Add Frank Rowand (already a
> maintainer in the devicetree entry) so that he will receive
> the additional review traffic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 92be777d060a..aca3956694f8 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10422,12 +10422,14 @@ F:	drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic
>  
>  OPEN FIRMWARE AND DEVICE TREE OVERLAYS
>  M:	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>
> +M:	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
>  L:	devicetree@vger.kernel.org
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/dynamic-resolution-notes.txt
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt
>  F:	drivers/of/overlay.c
>  F:	drivers/of/resolver.c
> +K:	of_overlay_notifier_
>  
>  OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE
>  M:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
>