linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/14 RESEND] irqchip: Fix potential resource leaks

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Message-ID: <e1c8747d684dbdf0f6acc2eea2025139@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:55:00 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@...il.com>
Cc:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:MIPS" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/14 RESEND] irqchip: Fix potential resource leaks

On 2020-06-28 13:48, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
> нед, 28. јун 2020. у 14:06 Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> је написао/ла:
>> 
>> On 2020-06-28 12:25, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
>> > сре, 24. јун 2020. у 10:40 Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> је написао/ла:
>> >>
>> >> On 2020-06-24 08:44, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
>> >> > [git send-email failed due to too many commands,
>> >> >  so only cc the major related email and resend it,
>> >> >  sorry for that]
>> >>
>> >> This is becoming majorly annoying.
>> >
>> > I don't think this is the right vocabulary to welcome newcomers,
>> > however "terrible" thinks they did.
>> >
>> > Rather, patience, calmness and clear and detailed explanations would
>> > work much better - and certainly be much more helpful and useful to
>> > the community in the long run.
>> 
>> Pray tell how you would have handled this. I expressed *my* personal
>> frustration at a SNR hovering below the 25% mark. I have only 
>> indicated
>> that the current course of action was becoming a problem.
>> 
>> And instead of taking the moral high ground, maybe you could actually
>> share your wisdom with Teizhu and help him becoming a better
>> contributor?
>> 
> 
> He will improve. This initial clumsiness is normal. It could have been
> avoided, true - for example, if he had had someone more experienced at
> hand, preferably a co-worker. He obviously acts alone. It will be
> better.

I thank you for imparting your insight on us. You clearly have helped
things moving forward, and I am sure Teizhu now knows a lot more about
what he should have done.

         M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...