Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 6/7] tests: Move reusable ACPI macros into a new header file

[Ben Warren]

> On Feb 15, 2017, at 2:56 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On 02/15/2017 03:58 PM, Ben Warren wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> tests/acpi-utils.h       | 75 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> tests/bios-tables-test.c | 72 +---------------------------------------------
>>> 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
> 
> 
>>> No copyright blurb? Also, does MAINTAINERS need an update to cover the
>>> new file?
>>> 
>> Sure, I didn’t realize the header files all have copyright headers.  As for 
>> MAINTAINERS, do you mean I should add a device entry for vmgenid?
> 
> In this patch, you're just refactoring to a new tests/acpi-utils.h, so
> I'd normally suggest adding it to the blurb that owns
> tests/bios-tables-test.c - but as a pre-existing problem, that also has
> no listed maintainer.  we're trying to ensure that all new added files
> have something listed in MAINTAINERS, even if it is in a misc section
> that only emails the list, although it's harder to say what maintainer
> to use for existing files that you are merely touching, and failure to
> list a maintainer is not (yet) a hard failure (although there have been
> patches proposed to scripts/checkpatch.pl to tighten the rules).
> 
> A new section for vmgenid might not be a bad idea, especially it if
> covers more files than just the one addition I noticed in this patch.
> 
Thank you for clarifying.  I’ll take care of it.
> -- 
> Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
> 
—Ben

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