From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF65C433DB for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9477F6193A for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231736AbhC2LHs (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:07:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57400 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231481AbhC2LHq (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:07:46 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x102d.google.com (mail-pj1-x102d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::102d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23138C061574 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pj1-x102d.google.com with SMTP id s21so5832179pjq.1 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:07:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=BV5SCzlqlhZmgVnGU+pslrgQPwkiNjT8cD66WrSSQNE=; b=a6awiX5lrAYxSeLc0i0BlgG1v8Wek+tSjO0nNebSZ1tzlA7qFxKdwZ6M1LqVgij7ni 1kHBs/s+MN1CnZxjeagshJgaLqiw247yVxs45X65XzjlSfWk8wlSAoxW41W283VCEX2g XhAunZMWCWvIrFTTvVJYg0o7ah0KZcCgzhI/uovq6RvRTilxyGO+4x98b1CqWpXLLhwx LtA0MVkHkA2ZL7Hauh+g49Det4je0HFMipc/ESqLXqNrY6mLcjzspJYLsog/8qZxyy9K cK3mtKHDagTl5ho6/2Rx6HGF0PfZogeqTU/3HB/46s3LQsD4s/29IX/XrJlNdeH/4Pt1 WNVg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=BV5SCzlqlhZmgVnGU+pslrgQPwkiNjT8cD66WrSSQNE=; b=I70TmCAGyhNIXsK+blVkZ0OLetu1+8EyaD+UkywxSIc/i3buH7NXryYasAzIwU/5o3 zYKJk+jeF5urWf1z7kv2+V3QKaPe/sPCJbowMoFyBl8wo8a8Rd1xXqpclFJB/DG4ORzm JGqIY/BYzkfz1y82nvxCXccvC2RTKEtxZ/OJHQd7W2jR81qarPy7ejZZRuxfi0qXKxU3 SEVg1+p3ljo5Ww6J4BVT55Nqnr7Hhl3fmqsWjcdd97tbXQhHRaGgmDAAbqF+kpTZWSWl dexWyBmquEUA81HHpf4rs+75KVXBzSDa1pCPqWu4lN7iAn+JU9h8Ih2Acdw+QDz+ibk8 iGhA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533bzp2IIrqypMbG43vE5J3WbgHq0JUErzfZ/WTVttgkUL4UOvGB qsn8H/OD1zGrV1P84Y5E5LSR X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzBpn6BzK9KN9ilpYNiGpyLrHi6NXGW4ilcKV1+w393KwX54OMtenBhXfgg5RN/ue3ypw9VXw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:1696:: with SMTP id o22mr25238896pja.0.1617016065639; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:07:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from work ([103.77.37.146]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q10sm16353763pfc.190.2021.03.29.04.07.42 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:07:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:37:41 +0530 From: Manivannan Sadhasivam To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Loic Poulain , Network Development , Matthew Wilcox , Du Cheng , Bjorn Andersson Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] qrtr: move to staging Message-ID: <20210329110741.GC2763@work> References: <20210328122621.2614283-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20210329105236.GB2763@work> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:03:24PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 04:22:36PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:47:12AM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote: > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:28, Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > wrote: > > > > > > > There does not seem to be any developers willing to maintain the > > > > net/qrtr/ code, so move it to drivers/staging/ so that it can be removed > > > > from the kernel tree entirely in a few kernel releases if no one steps > > > > up to maintain it. > > > > > > > > Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox > > > > Cc: Du Cheng > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > > > > > > > As far as I know, QRTR/IPCR is still commonly used with Qualcomm-based > > > platforms for accessing various components of the SoC. > > > CCing Bjorn and Mani, In case they are interested in taking maintenance of > > > that. > > > > > > > As Loic said, QRTR is an integral component used in various Qualcomm based > > upstream supported products like ChromeOS, newer WLAN chipsets (QCA6390) etc... > > > > It is unfortunate that no one stepped up so far to maintain it. After > > having an internal discussion, I decided to pitch in as a maintainer. I'll > > send the MAINTAINERS change to netdev list now. > > Great, can you also fix up the reported problems with the codebase that > resulted in this "ask for removal"? > Yes, ofc. I do see couple of Syzbot bug reports now... I will look into them. It turned out I fixed one of them earlier but should've handled all :) Thanks, Mani > thanks, > > greg k-h