<div dir="ltr">I believe I just found the answer for point number 2:<div><br></div><div>THE REST<br>M: Linus Torvalds <<a href="mailto:torvalds@linux-foundation.org">torvalds@linux-foundation.org</a>><br>L: <a href="mailto:linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org">linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org</a><br>Q: <a href="http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/LKML/list/">http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/LKML/list/</a><br>T: git git://<a href="http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git">git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git</a><br>S: Buried alive in reporters<br>F: *<br>F: */<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:33 AM Paulo Almeida <<a href="mailto:paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com">paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I was reading the KernelJanitor/Todo webpage and found the printk-related task that had to be done.</div><div><br></div><div>I eventually came across this piece of code that led me to 2 questions that I couldn't answer myself <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/master/init/do_mounts.c#L434-L455" target="_blank">https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blame/master/init/do_mounts.c#L434-L455</a></div><div><br></div><div>1 - This specific code block has been around for quite some time and many additions using the correct printk(KERN_* were made after it was written. Does that mean that this code block is an exception and should be left as-is for some technical reason? Or, people have somehow forgotten about it and I finally found something to do? :)</div><div><br></div><div>2 - I took a look at the <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/linux/MAINTAINERS" target="_blank">https://www.kernel.org/doc/linux/MAINTAINERS</a> list and their respective folders/repos and couldn't find out who would be the person who I should eventually send the patches to. Is there any "fallthrough" maintainer when there isn't one specified? (Please put me straight if I'm not seeing things from the right angle)</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Paulo Almeida</div><div><br></div></div>
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