linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: fix uninitialized variable use

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:50:14 +0100
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:     Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@...dia.com>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: host1x: fix uninitialized variable use

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 11:38, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 10:59:23AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 10:46, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 05:28:06PM +0000, Jon Hunter wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 08/03/2023 16:56, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > > > Ping? This warning is now in 6.3-rc1.
> > > >
> > > > Thierry is away at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > David, Daniel, do you want to pick this up directly in the meantime as a fix
> > > > for 6.3? Mikko has already reviewed and FWIW ...
> > >
> > > Generally first fallback should be drm-misc maintainers (or anyone else
> > > with commit rights), but since this fell through cracks for weeks it seems
> > > I'll pick it up to drm-fixes now directly.
> >
> > Ok I think I found out why this fell through cracks, MAINTAINERS isn't
> > updated that host1x&tegra is maintained in drm-misc.
> >
> > John, since Thierry is out, can you pls create the MAINTAINERS patch to
> > - point at drm-misc git repo everywhere needed
> > - add any missing host1x paths to the drm-misc entry so that
> > get_maintainers.pl adds the right people for this patch (currently it
> > doesn't)
> >
> > Also should we have at least a 2nd person for tegra stuff (or well
> > maybe nvidia stuff in general) for drm-misc? Currently it's just
> > Thierry, and I don't think that's enough. Whomever gets volunteered
> > please follow
> >
> > https://drm.pages.freedesktop.org/maintainer-tools/commit-access.html#drm-misc
>
> We never actually moved host1x and Tegra DRM to drm-misc completely.
> There's still a separate tree that feeds into linux-next. This made
> sense a while ago because there was a lot going on, but development
> speed has decreased recently, so we may want to fix that. The big
> benefit is that drm-misc is better oiled than drm-tegra, so getting
> things merged would be easier for everyone.

Hm I thought you had a split where you feed -fixes through misc and
features through tegra.git? Just listing both trees would cover that.

> I'm all in favor of adding a second Tegra person to take pick up the
> slack when necessary.

Imo features still through tegra.git with just you is fine, there's
not going to be anyone else (like ci farms) blocked if that's held up
for a bit. It's more the bugfixes where a 2nd nvidia person would be
great.
-Daniel
-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch