linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] cpuidle: small improvements & fixes for menu governor

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Message-ID: <56393D51.6090101@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 00:03:45 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	arjan@...ux.intel.com, khilman@...com, len.brown@...el.com,
	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, javi.merino@....com,
	tuukka.tikkanen@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] cpuidle: small improvements & fixes for menu governor

On 11/3/2015 11:35 PM, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 11/03/2015 05:05 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On 10/28/2015 11:46 PM, riel@...hat.com wrote:
>>> While working on a paravirt cpuidle driver for KVM guests, I
>>> noticed a number of small logic errors in the menu governor
>>> code.
>>>
>>> These patches should get rid of some artifacts that can break
>>> the logic in the menu governor under certain corner cases, and
>>> make idle state selection work better on CPUs with long C1 exit
>>> latencies.
>>>
>>> I have not seen any adverse effects with them in my (quick)
>>> tests. As expected, they do not seem to do much on systems with
>>> many power states and very low C1 exit latencies and target residencies.
>>>
>> Sorry for the trouble, but can you please resend the series with CCs to
>> linux-pm@...r.kernel.org?  That will make it way easier to handle for me.
> Not a problem. Done.
>
> What change do I need to send in to ensure that the
> linux-pm mailing list shows up in get_maintainer.pl
> output?
>
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> (commit_signer:4/7=57%,authored:1/7=14%,added_lines:2/19=11%,removed_lines:2/28=7%)
> Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> (commit_signer:3/7=43%,authored:1/7=14%,added_lines:1/19=5%)
> Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> (commit_signer:3/7=43%,authored:3/7=43%,added_lines:5/19=26%,removed_lines:3/28=11%)
> Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> (commit_signer:1/7=14%,authored:1/7=14%,added_lines:10/19=53%,removed_lines:15/28=54%)
> "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org> (commit_signer:1/7=14%)
> Javi Merino <javi.merino@....com>
> (authored:1/7=14%,added_lines:1/19=5%,removed_lines:7/28=25%)
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
>

I'm not sure why it doesn't show up in there.  If you look at 
MAINTAINERS under CPUIDLE DRIVERS, linux-pm is actually listed there.

Maybe the answer is that get_maintainer.pl needs to be fixed ...

Thanks,
Rafael

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