Re: Stepping down as maintainer (was Re: [PATCH for-next 0/9] mlx4 changes in virtual GID management)

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 04:10:16PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > Unfortunately, Sean -- you haven't provided for > 2 months any
> > feedback on the patches to the CM/CMA modules which you own/maintain
> > for supporting name-spaces and such which are part of enabling proper
> > RDMA support for containers.
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=142366747608908&w=2 This makes your
> > co-maintainer position sort of problematic, BTW. Jason, any chance you
> > can look on
> > that?
> 
> Linux does not pull anything from me directly.  My own patches to
> the code that I supposedly maintain take *years* to get upstream.  I
> fail to see how or why I need to review patches from a hostile
> party.

I expect the patch flow process will change..

We do actually need to all work together, so I urge you both to keep
talking and hash something out.

Or, I was also a bit annoyed by your last email, the tone just seemed
inappropriate/in-gracious for the situation.

As far as patches go, you keep asking for reviews, but where are the
reviews from Mellanox? I count 45 @mellanox folks who contributed to
the kernel, but I wouldn't have guessed that based on mailing
list participation.

I see patches from Yann, Michael, Ira, and Yuval at least on the list
that have seen general silence from your corner. That's just this last
month or so.

Look - the only way a subsystem can function properly is if all
parties who want to continuously change the shared subystem core
realise they have to contribute back review-hours and discussion
leadership *AT LEAST* equal to what they receive.

Jason
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