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From:   Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:28:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-vntb: reduce several globals to statics
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
Cc:     Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>, kishon@ti.com, lpieralisi@kernel.org,
        kw@linux.com, bhelgaas@google.com, Frank.Li@nxp.com,
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 3:21 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:13:59AM -0400, Jon Mason wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 03:05:27PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > Handled via Jon, I guess?
> > >
> > > I'm unclear on the future direction of pci-epf-vntb.c.  Jon, are you
> > > signing up to maintain this?  MAINTAINERS doesn't seem to reflect
> > > that, even in next-20220712, so you're not being copied on everything.
> > >
> > > If you are planning to merge and maintain this file, it would be
> > > helpful to me if you acknowledge patches you merge so I know to ignore
> > > them.
> >
> > I massively dropped the ball on all the EPF stuff.  I appologize profusely.
>
> No worries, sounds like you're getting everything sorted out :)
>
> > I'm pulling it into my ntb tree bcause of the patch dependencies.  If
> > you want me to own this stuff because it has ntb in it, then I can do
> > a matainers entry to reflect it.  My assumption is that because it is
> > under the drivers/pci umbrella it is yours (unless you want me to own
> > it).  100% defer to your decision.
>
> This patch dependency thing feels like a one-time or at least unusual
> situation.  Unless it becomes a problem, I think it makes sense to
> keep the drivers/pci umbrella instead of carving bits out of the
> middle.
>
> Even if I continue to merge everything under drivers/pci, maybe we
> should consider an update like this just so you get cc'd on updates to
> these files?
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 08a5d70ceef9..5bafe7e8c2b2 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -14466,6 +14466,7 @@ W:      https://github.com/jonmason/ntb/wiki
>  T:     git git://github.com/jonmason/ntb.git
>  F:     drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c
>  F:     drivers/ntb/
> +F:     drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-*ntb.c
>  F:     include/linux/ntb.h
>  F:     include/linux/ntb_transport.h
>  F:     tools/testing/selftests/ntb/

Works for me.  I can do a patch to add this line to maintainers, send
it to the people on this thread, and pull it into my pending pull
request.

Thanks,
Jon