linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: return -ENXIO for missing GpioInt

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Message-ID: <CAPR809vmOBeJPArfjM=Fh_Kiqsew-shfF9ZpOtRJ-sU7QgUneQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:09:41 -0700
From:   Enrico Granata <egranata@...gle.com>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Salvatore Bellizzi <salvatore.bellizzi@...ux.seppia.net>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Enrico Granata <egranata@...omium.org>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: platform: return -ENXIO for missing GpioInt

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 2:03 PM Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM Nathan Chancellor
> <natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 01:49:54PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > Side note: it might have helped alleviate some of this pain if there
> > > were email notifications to the mailing list when a patch gets applied.
> > > I didn't realize (and I'm not sure if Enrico did) that v2 was already
> > > merged by the time I noted its mistakes. If I had known, I would have
> > > suggested a follow-up patch, not a v3.
> >
> > I've found this to be fairly reliable for getting notified when
> > something gets applied if it is a tree that shows up in -next.
> >
> > https://www.kernel.org/get-notifications-for-your-patches.html
>
> I didn't send the original patch. I was only debugging/reviewing
> someone else's patch, and jumped in after its authorship (as it hit
> issues in our own CI system). So it was more of a "drive-by" scenario,
> and it doesn't sound like that page addresses this situation.
>
> Brian

Your assessment sounds about right - I suspect the tl;dr is that *I*
(the original patch author) should have subscribed to that bot, so I
could figure out that v2 had already merged, and done the right thing
sending out a follow-up CL once you brought the issue to my attention.