linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Fixes for HiSilicon LPC driver and logical PIO code

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: <CAOesGMjKYzj+h=ummXvQLaVHDEYeNNWMqZFUJ4qqmqPr3LDVeA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:42:07 +0100
From:   Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     xuwei5@...wei.com, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>,
        ARM-SoC Maintainers <arm@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Fixes for HiSilicon LPC driver and logical PIO code

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:56 PM John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> On 20/06/2019 13:42, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > For patches that go to a soc maintainer for merge, we're asking that
> > people don't cc arm@...nel.org directly.
> >
> > We prefer to keep that alias mostly for pull requests from other
> > maintainers and patches we might have a reason to apply directly.
> > Otherwise we risk essentially getting all of linux-arm-kernel into
> > this mailbox as well.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Olof
> >
>
> Hi Olof,
>
> Can do in future.
>
> The specific reason here for me to cc arm@...nel.org was that I wanted
> to at least make the maintainers aware that we intend to send some
> patches outside the "arm soc" domain through their tree, * below.

That's fine -- but it's usually better to cc us individually in those
cases. We normally go find the patches on the lists if/as needed when
we see them come in as well.


-Olof