On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:20:59PM +0200, Paul Moore wrote: > > On September 28, 2024 8:26:28 PM Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > When running get_maintainer.pl on security/Kconfig.hardening, only the > > > security subsystem folks show up, even though they have never taken > > > patches to this file: > > > > > > $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl security/Kconfig.hardening > > > Paul Moore <...> (supporter:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM) > > > James Morris <...> (supporter:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM) > > > "Serge E. Hallyn" <...> (supporter:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM) > > > [email protected] (open list:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM) > > > [email protected] (open list) > > > > > > $ git log --format=%cn --no-merges security/Kconfig.hardening | sort | > > > uniq -c > > > 3 Andrew Morton > > > 1 Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > 18 Kees Cook > > > 2 Linus Torvald > > > > > > Add it to the hardening section so that the KSPP folks are also shown, > > > which matches reality over who should comment on and take said patches > > > if necessary. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > For the sake of casual observers, the reason James, Serge, or I haven't > > merged anything in Kconfig.hardening isn't due to any malicious intent or > > lack of appreciation, rather it is out of respect for KSPP and not wanting > > to step on Kees' toes. > > Right, I did not mean for this to come off in an accusatory way, so my > apologies if it did. I merely wanted to codify this arrangement so that > patches get picked up or acked by the correct people in the future since > I had to send one earlier and I noticed it did not match reality (with > the data to prove it heh) ...
No worries, I had hoped to make it clear I wasn't too bothered by this with the 'for casual observers' remark, but I guess I should have been more explicit. I wrote my original reply simply because I've seen people take snippets out of context far too many times and I didn't want anyone to think there was a problem here. > > I've happily merged KSPP related patches to those subsystems which I'm > > tasked with looking after and I plan to continue to do so. > > Always happy to have as many KSPP allies as possible :) Hopefully the LSM folks can consider KSPP as an ally too ;) -- paul-moore.com
