netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net/sched: mqprio: Add length check for TCA_MQPRIO_{MAX/MIN}

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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:04:20 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, 
 jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com,  netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/sched: mqprio: Add length check for
 TCA_MQPRIO_{MAX/MIN}_RATE64

On Tue, 2023-07-25 at 12:56 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:50:00 -0700 Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > What do you think the "case" is here?
> > > > 
> > > > Do you think John Fastabend, who hasn't touched the file in 7+ years
> > > > should be cc'd?  Why?  
> > > 
> > > Nope. The author of the patch under Fixes.  
> > 
> > It adds that already since 2019.
> 
> Which is awesome! But for that to work you have to run get_maintainer
> on the patchfile not the file paths. Lin Ma used:
> 
>   # ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
> 
> That's what I keep complaining about. People run get_maintainer on
> paths and miss out on all the get_maintainer features which need 
> to see the commit message.

Which is useful when editing a file but not when sending
a patch.  get_maintainer does _both_.

Again, there's no issue with get_maintainer, but there is
in its use.  If there's a real issue, it's with people
and their knowledge of process documentation.

It's _not_ the tool itself as you stated.