linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Samsung mfd/rtc driver alarm IRQ simplification

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Message-ID: <20260120-incredible-ladybug-of-psychology-605faf@lemur>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:23:12 -0500
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, 
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>, André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>, 
	tools@...nel.org, users@...nel.org, Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>, 
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>, Will McVicker <willmcvicker@...gle.com>, 
	Juan Yescas <jyescas@...gle.com>, Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>, 
	kernel-team@...roid.com, Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss@...root.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Samsung mfd/rtc driver alarm IRQ simplification

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 05:24:05PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > If you fetch a series but don't delete it from the database then (with
> > b4 ty -d) then b4 will remember it and if any commits in what gets
> > applied match it'll generate a mail for b4 ty -a.  Usually that's when
> > some commits didn't get changed.
> 
> The last attempt to apply this failed with conflicts.
> 
> I wonder why b4 stored that as a success?

It doesn't actually know -- it just stores the retrieved series and then
checks if it can find any of them in the tree in a commit with your
authorship. Sometimes it breaks.

My plan is to put in interactive mode where you can do a quick sanity check --
currently it's all of nothing with "b4 ty -a".

-K