Re: Pull Request for linux-next

["Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>]

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 07:54:22AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Tobin,
> 
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:59:07 +1100 "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> wrote:
> >
> > Would it be possible to get the development tree for
> > scripts/leaking_addresses.pl included in Linux-next please.
> > 
> > The tree is hosted on kernel.org
> > 
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tobin/leaks.git/
> > 
> > I have created a branch called linux-next.  This branch is not tagged or
> > signed.  I'm super new to kernel maintainer branch management, ATM the
> > tree mirrors GregKH's staging tree setup i.e 3 branches
> > 
> > 	master
> > 	leaks-testing
> > 	leaks-next
> > 
> > Development done on leaks-testing.  Once patches have been rinsed
> > through LKML move them to leaks-next.  Any holes in that?
> 
> That looks fine to me.  I have added your leaks-next branch from
> today.  It would be nice to see some Reviewed-by or Acked-by tags on
> your commits.

Yeah I know that would be awesome, there doesn't seem to be a lot of
interest in this script ATM.  None of my recent patches have gotten any
comments what so ever.  We have a second maintainer now though so
hopefully there will be at least two sets of eyes going over it.

> Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next.  As
> you may know, this is not a judgement of your code.

lol, that line made my heart jump into mouth ready for the comment to
come :)

> The purpose of
> linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of
> conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. 
> 
> You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have
> been:
>      * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
>         Signed-off-by,
>      * posted to the relevant mailing list,
>      * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
>      * successfully unit tested, and 
>      * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.
> 
> Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
> to fetch).  It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

Cheers,
Tobin.

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