linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, cpufeature: Rename X86_FEATURE_DTS to X86_FEATURE

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4FE77B11.1000808@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:39:45 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, JBeulich@...e.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, cpufeature:   Rename X86_FEATURE_DTS to
 X86_FEATURE_DTHERM

On 06/24/2012 12:49 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
>
>> This conflict went into mainline via the hwmon tree without any x86
>> maintainer ack, and without any kind of hint in the subject.
>>
>>      a4659053 x86/hwmon: fix initialization of coretemp
>
> All 3 x86 maintainers were Cc'd, none commented. And you know fairly
> well why the patch went through the hwmon tree. So please stop the
> finger-pointing. It's unfortunate that it happened, but it did, and we
> try to fix it now, period.
>

It isn't about finger-pointing, it is about a failure of process; we had 
a process that would have caught this problem and the process failed. 
There are certainly blame enough to go around, but I think one of the 
things here is that lack of response isn't necessary an ACK - it may 
actually be that the patch looked at first glance like it had no impact 
on our area (incorrectly as it turned out.)

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.



--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/