linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from kernel dir

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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:55:07 +0200
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] sysctl: Remove sentinel elements from kernel
 dir

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 05:07:59PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 22/04/2024 16:57, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:49:27PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>>> These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from 
> >>>> the
> >>>> sysctl arrays of all the files under the "kernel/" directory that use a
> >>>> sysctl array for registration. The merging of the preparation patches
> >>>> [1] to mainline allows us to remove sentinel elements without changing
> >>>> behavior. This is safe because the sysctl registration code
> >>>> (register_sysctl() and friends) use the array size in addition to
> >>>> checking for a sentinel [2].
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> looks like *this* "patch" made it to the sysctl tree [1], breaking b4
> >>> for everyone else (as there's a "--- b4-submit-tracking ---" magic in
> >>> the tree history now) on next-20240422
> >>>
> >>> Please drop it (again, I'm only talking about this empty cover letter).
> >>
> >> Just to clarify, in case it is not obvious:
> >> Please *do not merge your own trees* into kernel.org repos. Instead use
> >> b4 shazam to pick up entire patchset, even if it is yours. b4 allows to
> >> merge/apply also the cover letter, if this is your intention.
> >>
> >> With b4 shazam you would get proper Link tags and not break everyone's
> >> b4 workflow on next. :/
> > 
> > I was expecting this to happen at some point. :/
> > 
> > Note, that you can still use b4 and merge your own trees, but you need 
> > to switch to using a different cover letter strategy:
> > 
> >   [b4]
> >   prep-cover-strategy = branch-description
> 
> Yes, but you still won't have:
> 1. Link tags
> 2. Nice thank-you letters
> 3. Auto-collecting review/tested/ack tags
> 
> So sure, maintainer can even cherry-pick patches, use patch or manually
> edit git objects and then update git refs, but that's not the point. :)
> 
> Just use b4 shazam, it's so awesome tool.
I'll try this out going forward (instead of chaning the cover letter
strategy)

Thx again.

Best

-- 

Joel Granados

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