linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] list: add list_last_entry_or

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Message-ID: <aLbkMvYgSFYbtUDN@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:33:54 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>
Cc: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>,
	Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
	Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
	Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
	Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
	Liu Ying <victor.liu@....com>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
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	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] list: add list_last_entry_or_null()

On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 02:22:28PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 01:57:09PM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:43:56 +0300
> > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

...

> > While applying this patch with dim on drm-misc-next, dim push-branch
> > failed because:
> > 
> >   dim: ERROR: cb86408b1fc2 ("list: add list_last_entry_or_null()"): Mandatory Maintainer Acked-by missing., aborting
> > 
> > Looking at the dim code, it is looking for a Reviewed- or Acked-by from
> > people listed by `scripts/get_maintainer.pl --no-git-fallback -m --nol
> > --norolestats`. but that command returns an empty string, so it will
> > never allow me to push.

This seems to be a quite strict rule, esp. for the include/* lib/* code.
I believe among DRM reviewers / maintainers a lot of people capable to
review that code and push it. Why is it a problem?

> > How can I get that commit pushed to drm-misc-next?
> 
> Adding a MAINTAINERS entry for it would be nice too

Just in case you want to go this direction, please, do not put my name as M:.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko