linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation commands.

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Message-ID: <20180307085454.2c820a13@lwn.net>
Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 08:54:54 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org\" <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, "@lwn.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        " <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>"@lwn.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation
 commands.

On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:36:36 -0500
Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> I've heard that some maintainers are moving away from cover letters,
> since they are not include in the git repo and are lost.

If I get a patch series with a cover letter that should be preserved, I
apply the series in a branch then do a no-ff merge; the cover letter can
then go into the merge commit.  There's no reason why cover letters need to
be lost.

jon