On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:14 PM Greg KH <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 03:19:16AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > > Note that folks really shouldn't be using get_maintainer on tree files > > anyways [1]. > > That's not true, Linus and I use it on a daily basis this way, it's part > of our normal workflow, AND the workflow of the kernel security team. > > So please don't take that valid use-case away from us.
Fair. I'm on the side of keeping the "K:'' behavior the way it is and that's why I'm proposing adding "D:" to provide a more granular content matching type operating strictly on patches. It's purely opt-in. The patch I linked mentioned steering folks away from using tree files but not necessarily removing the behavior. > > thanks, > > greg k-h Thanks Justin
