From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-GM-THRID: 6522835256508153856 X-Received: by 10.25.160.195 with SMTP id j186mr262854lfe.44.1518717448601; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:57:28 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.46.71.68 with SMTP id u65ls35662lja.13.gmail; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:57:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x226IwqLsWow7b8AMpo6kKeKH33oH89JxDEwHATG58/yAVrbEXFWdv7zR2xBTQ7zj0Dyqm+K9 X-Received: by 10.46.18.219 with SMTP id 88mr217296ljs.20.1518717446792; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:57:26 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1518717446; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=T3a1yyBEJ2LGT3jfVinraFlVrQtYD2fNNKzFdMLJ2LHFAEa/Si14RjvQzhRoO6Ze3x syhuB8hX6DkdiJ8jpIOB8CVSJMi/HwuWDagmFfgrCYueyA+tGY+csUoKlgaB/3ue0pJ+ F6K73EERMZJ9UxVwbqnnuKSsIdiQSumCY51U2yzTXeOYen5ezfUi6WmXZD67Je+hVejO +Weq5qcyoC2uSFpdkWw8I4J9+WNTbfOn/AbFZDueX2MpgdkU+eHLGCUAu7a7IyQ+76/a 4CvtCFNsr9UB5LF2aQ6KjHiAZ3gI1jvIdZXf1pBD6/yxT1496Rr6ORNKdOUWcytkyCCO OJYQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:arc-authentication-results; bh=Lx1Uj+0s/TSHpw8K3dZET5o1KlR8nscaZY3YrP9RZto=; b=JWiA/aM6Dufr7omBcoxot1+3oSHgn4rTqn/h+F9JqqhP7+3XTYI/zSb2Bjzz9ZBBZi IN5N4ys+Bm4aeyT62Tj6oMWdkphUIh6+Qvf1GK44avEERtAu7iXf3AaWjr1S0AbbRVbO o9IQQaoDRiSNAWy075l9/SEjzdUsCFk5FJfT68XEG5jJsxcKlbRrfpmcdajUc4Uu+jpv TktDs2adO1J2o+AYpR4ekbLoWvGGWijjU/KKdMdpojKoVyT8OpQeSEBLDPhn7aq3UUTn DT6sMdmKwwGqgGhn8cEq5snI+SaykPaW/uZpNGscj1RXglR3iO+G4NY/EWUaNoJlJ/XD 9bKw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gregkh@linuxfoundation.org designates 140.211.169.12 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org. [140.211.169.12]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u10si40842lju.0.2018.02.15.09.57.26 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:57:26 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of gregkh@linuxfoundation.org designates 140.211.169.12 as permitted sender) client-ip=140.211.169.12; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gregkh@linuxfoundation.org designates 140.211.169.12 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Received: from localhost (unknown [37.169.103.153]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F7351032; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:57:24 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Ezequiel Garcia Cc: Dafna Hirschfeld , outreachy-kernel Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] who to send first patch to Message-ID: <20180215175724.GA14180@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.3 (2018-01-21) On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 02:48:30PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > On 15 February 2018 at 14:42, Ezequiel Garcia > wrote: > > On 15 February 2018 at 14:32, Dafna Hirschfeld wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I follow the first-patch tutorial. > >> When running the get_maintainer.sh script, I get Greg Kroah-Hartman > >> . > >> Should I send the patch to this mailing list and add the maintainer as a CC, > >> or should I send two separate mails, one to this mailing list and one to the > >> maintainer ? > >> > > > > Just like Shraddha said, you sould send just *one* mail. > > > > You can Cc as much developers as you want, but you'll usually want to keep > > the Cc list short, Ccing only the relevant maintainers. > > > > Let's work with an example. I just crafted a small patch removing an unused > > header from arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/common.c: > > > > commit 42dc417bb0c0547a926880494ac3f79829bd3035 (HEAD -> orion-nand) > > Author: Ezequiel Garcia > > Date: Thu Feb 15 14:39:09 2018 -0300 > > > > ARM: mv78xx0: remove unused header > > > > This file doesn't setup an orion-nand device, and so > > it does not need the orion-nand header. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/common.c > > index f72e1e9f5fc5..89c95e365e90 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/common.c > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/common.c > > @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ > > #include > > #include > > #include > > -#include > > #include > > #include > > #include > > > > Oops... sent the mail by mistake. So, like I was saying: I have that > patch ready. > Now I need to see who I'll sent to: > > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl 0001-ARM-mv78xx0-remove-unused-header.patch > Jason Cooper (maintainer:ARM/Marvell > Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support) > Andrew Lunn (maintainer:ARM/Marvell > Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support) > Sebastian Hesselbarth > (maintainer:ARM/Marvell Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support) > Gregory Clement > (maintainer:ARM/Marvell Dove/MV78xx0/Orion SOC support) > Russell King (maintainer:ARM PORT) > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated list:ARM SUB-ARCHITECTURES) > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) > > OK, that's a long list. I'll send the patch to just the SOC > maintainers and the ARM mailing list, not all of them listed above. > > git send-email --to jason@lakedaemon.net --to andrew@lunn.ch --to > sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com --to > gregory.clement@free-electrons.com > 0001-ARM-mv78xx0-remove-unused-header.patch --cc > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > > In your case, you'll most likely pick Cc the outreachy mailing list > and send it to Greg KH (as Greg just said). For staging patches, please also cc: the public mailing list for the staging drivers, and any other maintainers of the drivers, they want to see these patches as well. thanks, greg k-h