linux-kernel - Re: LED subsystem lagging maintenance

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:17:02 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: LED subsystem lagging maintenance

Hi!

> Thanks for your _prompt_ response!
> 
> > > I have noticed that in the last couple of cycles the LED subsystem is
> > > a bit laggish in terms of maintenance (*). I think it's time that
> > > someone can help Pavel to sort things out.
> > >
> > > In any case, I wonder if we have any kind of procedure for what to do
> > > in such cases. Do we need to assume that the subsystem is in a
> > > (pre-)orphaned state? If so, who is the best to take care of patch
> > > flow?
> 
> > To be honest, patches were not applied because they were not that
> > important to begin with,
> 
> Reference counting disbalance is not critical, but what is then?

Things with end-user impact. What is end-user impact here? How much
memory is leaked in usual config?

								Pavel
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