linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] gpiolib: add an ioctl() for monitoring line status changes

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 17:58:54 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] gpiolib: add an ioctl() for monitoring line
 status changes

On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 04:19:59PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> wt., 7 sty 2020 o 15:45 Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> napisał(a):
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 04:44:55PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 01:50:28PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > Let's try to CC the actual author (Stefani Seibold) and see if the mail
> > > > address works and if he can look at it. Or did you already talk to
> > > > Stefani?
> > > >
> > > > (git blame is always my best friend in cases like this, hehe)
> > >
> > > Recently I started to be smarted in such cases, i.e. I run also
> > > `git log --author='$AUTHOR'` to see if they are still active and
> > > what address had been used lately.
> >
> > ...and another possibility to `git log --grep '$AUTHOR'`.

> So if some module doesn't have an official maintainer listed in
> MAINTAINERS, we should still get a review from the original author?

If you asking me, I do it in a way of playing good citizen. It's not required,
but may give a good feedback.

> KFIFO lives in lib/ - is there even an official maintainer for all
> library helpers?

lib/ is (in most cases) under akpm@ realm.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko