linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/3] Standardize link status check to return bool

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Message-ID: <BF391DAD-7E2C-44C2-9BE7-C1F7A2946575@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 17:41:15 +0200
From: Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>
To: Hans Zhang <18255117159@....com>,
 Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>
CC: lpieralisi@...nel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com, jingoohan1@...il.com,
 manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org, robh@...nel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/3] Standardize link status check to return bool



On 13 May 2025 17:09:58 CEST, Hans Zhang <18255117159@....com> wrote:
>
>
>On 2025/5/13 23:04, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> [...]
>>> Sorry, this is also the first time I have done this. For other patches in
>>> the future, I will do this in the new version.
>> 
>> See the following:
>> 
>>    - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20250513145728.GA3513600@rocinante
>> 
>> While I cannot speak for other maintainers, I am going to change the
>> approach to the "RESEND" patches that I used to personally have.
>> 
>> But, if in doubt, it's always fine to send another version.
>> 
>
>
>Dear Krzysztof,
>
>Ok. From now on, I will handle similar problems in the new version.

While I agree that it is always fine to send a new revision (which has picked up tags),
having the RESEND tag is gently informing that the series might have fell thorough the cracks.

This information might be lost/less obvious if simply sending a new revision (assuming that commit log and code is unchanged).


Kind regards,
Niklas