[PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface

H. Peter Anvin
Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:45:34 -0000

On 09/04/2013 01:53 AM, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hey,
>
> This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state
> that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file
> as well.
>
> If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few
> changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but
were
> not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes. It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs
"Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl, but adding this entry in
> MAINTAINERS should solve the problem at hand. For one of the changes
> [1], I did verify that get_maintainer.pl, now expectedly includes me in
> the cc list.
>
> Thanks,
> Alok
>

That is indeed what the maintainers file is for.

> Add an entry in MAINTAINERS file to reflect the authors of a file.

No, it reflects the *maintainer(s)* of a file.

	-hpa