linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 00/10] Introduce In Field Scan driver

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Date:   Tue, 1 Mar 2022 21:14:26 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, markgross@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, corbet@....net,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, ashok.raj@...el.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/10] Introduce In Field Scan driver

On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 09:10:20PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 11:54:47AM -0800, Jithu Joseph wrote:
> > Note to Maintainers:
> > Requesting x86 Maintainers to take a look at patch01 as it
> > touches arch/x86 portion of the kernel. Also would like to guide them
> > to patch07 which sets up hotplug notifiers and creates kthreads.
> > 
> > Patch 2/10 - Adds Documentation. Requesting Documentation maintainer to review it.
> > 
> > Requesting Greg KH to review the sysfs changes added by patch08.
> 
> "RFC" means you are not comfortable submitting the changes yet, so you
> don't need my review at this point in time.  Become confident in your
> changes before asking for others to review the code please.

Hint, it needs work, sysfs_emit() for one thing, lack of reference
counting on your cpu objects is another...