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[140.211.169.12]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i75si649447wmg.1.2018.02.16.02.34.18 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 16 Feb 2018 02:34:18 -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 (LFbn-1-12258-90.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.71.90]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1F7CCF23; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:34:18 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Julia Lawall Cc: Ezequiel Garcia , Dafna Hirschfeld , outreachy-kernel Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] who to send first patch to Message-ID: <20180216103418.GA9048@kroah.com> References: <20180215175724.GA14180@kroah.com> 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 08:59:38PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, Greg KH wrote: > > > 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. > > The suggested get_maintainer command includes -nol, ie no lists. I can > drop that, if we want to include lists. Hm, let's leave it as-is for now, as long as we are including the maintainers of the drivers, that should be sufficient. thanks, greg k-h