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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BBE3C433FE for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229588AbiJTVNF (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:13:05 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40970 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229552AbiJTVNE (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:13:04 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 019DC21CD72 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:13:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D283B82928 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:13:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE0B1C433C1; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:12:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1666300379; bh=Gaw88xe20iRX6yhK9e8fel3xwansbTa/ElQ2asuLv0g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=tCNiUSXeBcknekiTDQ+3l80X8Fwm5rmjEYjBt1454qOorNuYZwsv29Jek+RfH/x+j jo83M7XTMCVlt7TtUwggji83RJ3aeZJsmJ8LdpSlkg88PkYQPneBY8EFXKvO2Tpj58 E3sYkpXyf/GVkap4z7YeBM8380Zr35DLQnG5E3NY= Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:12:58 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, masahiroy@kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: + kbuild-treat-char-as-always-unsigned.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch Message-Id: <20221020141258.e80e605508d2adaf08ede9d2@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20221020000356.177CDC433C1@smtp.kernel.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:24:51 -0600 "Jason A. Donenfeld" wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 6:03 PM Andrew Morton wrote: > > The patch titled > > Subject: kbuild: treat char as always unsigned > > has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is > > kbuild-treat-char-as-always-unsigned.patch > > > > This patch will shortly appear at > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kbuild-treat-char-as-always-unsigned.patch > > > > This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm > > Looks like you missed this email - > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y1CP%2FuJb1SQjyS0n@zx2c4.com/ I saw that email after I'd merged it. > didn't communicate about your intention to take this. Kind of > annoying, but oh well. Either way, I'll drop it from my tree, so that > -next has a clear path with it. Just please don't drop it from your > tree without appropriate discussion first. As mentioned in the thread, > there inevitably will be a few dragons with this patch, and the whole > idea of putting this in -next a whopping 4.5 months before 6.2 is > released is so that we can actually have time to chip away at those > issues as they come up. So please don't drop this at the very first > sign of trouble; just plan for some trouble. No, please go ahead and merge it in your tree (I didn't actually know you ran a tree). Once it appears in -next, Stephen will tell us and I'll drop my copy. This happens fairly commonly.