linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] netlink: Reverse the patch which removed filtering

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Message-ID: <20230601094314.61aa2d5b@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 09:43:14 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] netlink: Reverse the patch which removed
 filtering

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:34:08 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> > The code may have security implications, I really don't feel like I can
> > be the sole reviewer. There's a bunch of experts working at Oracle,
> > maybe you could get one of them to put their name on it? I can apply
> > the patches, I just want to be sure I'm not the _only_ reviewer.  
> 
> Thanks so much for your response. There is someone at Oracle who
> looked at this some time ago and is familiar enough with this to
> review the code - but he is not a kernel committer - he sends
> occasional patches upstream which get committed - would it be ok if
> he reviewed it along with you and then you could commit it? If you
> know of someone from Oracle who could also potentially review it,
> please let me know. 

I meant someone seasoned. IMHO one of the benefits of employing
upstream experts for corporation like Oracle should be that you
can lean on them for reviews:

$ git log --format='%ae' --author='Oracle' --since='2 years ago' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn
    811 willy@...radead.org
    312 rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
     91 Liam.Howlett@...cle.com
     60 vishal.moola@...il.com

$ git log --format='%ae' --author='@...cle.com' --since='2 years ago' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
    451 chuck.lever@...cle.com
    154 michael.christie@...cle.com
    118 nick.alcock@...cle.com
     71 martin.petersen@...cle.com
     59 mike.kravetz@...cle.com
     58 sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com
     55 liam.howlett@...cle.com
     53 anand.jain@...cle.com
     32 dai.ngo@...cle.com
     32 allison.henderson@...cle.com