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

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=MeFOeXxy=L0i1ckxnDJESTJAdgrP7t3sqR81zKxbMPGxA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 17:51:26 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>,
        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

wt., 7 sty 2020 o 16:58 Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> napisał(a):
>
> 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.
>

Once the first part of the series is in Linus' branch, I'll resend the
remaining patches with akpm in Cc.

Bart