From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Love, Robert W" Subject: Re: fcoe pull request for 3.9-rc Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:39:30 +0000 Message-ID: <51CC5CB2.80108@intel.com> References: <51CA03C1.1040901@intel.com> <1372313642.557.19.camel@dabdike> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1372313642.557.19.camel@dabdike> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: <5483A15929D83D4CAEF139215D0C22CE@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Neil Horman , "Fastabend, John R" , "fcoe-devel@open-fcoe.org" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org T24gV2VkIDI2IEp1biAyMDEzIDExOjE0OjAyIFBNIFBEVCwgSmFtZXMgQm90dG9tbGV5IHdyb3Rl Og0KPiBPbiBUdWUsIDIwMTMtMDYtMjUgYXQgMjA6NTUgKzAwMDAsIExvdmUsIFJvYmVydCBXIHdy b3RlOg0KPj4gVGhlIGZvbGxvd2luZyBjaGFuZ2VzIHNpbmNlIGNvbW1pdCAxZTg3NmUzYjFhOWRm MjViYjA0NjgyYjBkNDhhYWE3ZThhZTFmYzgyOg0KPj4NCj4+ICAgICBNZXJnZSBicmFuY2ggJ2Zv ci1saW51cycgb2YNCj4+IGdpdDovL2dpdC5rZXJuZWwub3JnL3B1Yi9zY20vbGludXgva2VybmVs L2dpdC9zMzkwL2xpbnV4ICgyMDEzLTA2LTI1DQo+PiAwOTowODowNyAtMTAwMCkNCj4+DQo+PiBh cmUgYXZhaWxhYmxlIGluIHRoZSBnaXQgcmVwb3NpdG9yeSBhdDoNCj4+DQo+PiAgICAgZ2l0Oi8v Z2l0Lmtlcm5lbC5vcmcvcHViL3NjbS9saW51eC9rZXJuZWwvZ2l0L3J3bG92ZS9mY29lLmdpdA0K Pj4gdGFncy9jcml0aWNhbF9maXhfZm9yXzMuOQ0KPg0KPiBUaGlzIGlzIHNpbXBsZSBhbmQgSSBj YW4gcmV2aWV3IGZyb20gdGhlIGF0dGFjaGVkIHBhdGNoLCBzbyBJJ2xsIHRha2UgaXQNCj4gdGhp cyB0aW1lLiBCdXQsIHBsZWFzZSwgbmV4dCB0aW1lIGZvbGxvdyBwcm9wZXIgcHJvY2Vzcy4gIFRo YXQgbWVhbnMgdGhlDQo+IGluZGl2aWR1YWwgcGF0Y2hlcyBzaG91bGQgZ28gb3ZlciB0aGUgU0NT SSBtYWlsaW5nIGxpc3QgZm9yIHJldmlldw0KPiAqYmVmb3JlKiB0aGV5J3JlIHNlbnQgaW4gYSBw dWxsIHJlcXVlc3QuDQo+DQoNClRoZSByZWFzb24gSSBzZW50IHRoaXMgcHVsbCByZXF1ZXN0IGRp cmVjdGx5IHRvIExpbnVzIHdhcyB0aGF0IHRoZSANCnBhdGNoZXMgSSBtYWlsZWQgYXQgKDIwMTMt MDUtMjEpIFJDMiBoYWQgbm90IHlldCBzZWVuIGFueSBhdHRlbnRpb24gDQpzaW5jZSB0aGV5IHdl cmUgcG9zdGVkIHRvIGxpbnV4LXNjc2kuIEl0IGlzIG5vdyBSQzcgYW5kIHdpdGggNSB3ZWVrcyBv ZiANCmluYWN0aXZpdHkgb24gbXkgaW5pdGlhbCAzLjEwIHBhdGNoIHNlcmllcyBJIGhhZCBubyBm YWl0aCB0aGF0IHRoaXMgDQpjcml0aWNhbCBmaXggd291bGQgbWFrZSBpdCB0aHJvdWdoIHRoZSBT Q1NJIHRyZWUgYmVmb3JlIHRoZSAzLjEwIGtlcm5lbCANCndhcyByZWxlYXNlZC4gRllJLCBMaW51 cyBoYXMgdGFrZW4gdGhpcyBjaGFuZ2UgYWxyZWFkeS4NCg0KSSB3b3VsZCBoYXZlIHByZWZlcnJl ZCB0byBzZW5kIHRoZSBwYXRjaCB0byBsaW51eC1zY3NpIGZvciByZXZpZXcgDQpmaXJzdCwgYnV0 IGl0IGhhZCBiZWVuIHRob3JvdWdobHkgcmV2aWV3ZWQgb24gdGhlIEZDb0UgbGlzdCwgaXQncyBh IA0KZmFpcmx5IHRyaXZpYWwgY2hhbmdlIGFuZCBJIHdhcyBhIGh1cnJ5IHRvIGdldCBpdCBpbnRv IExpbnVzJyBpbmJveCANCmdpdmVuIGhpcyBzdGF0ZW1lbnQgYWJvdXQgImZpbmRpbmcgbmV3IHdh eXMgdG8gaW5zdWx0IHlvdXIgcGV0cy4iIFRoZSANCnBhdGNoIGlzIGFsc28gcGFydCBvZiB0aGUg cHVsbCByZXF1ZXN0LCBzbyBpdCB3YXMgcmV2aWV3LWFibGUgYnkgYW55b25lIA0Kb24gbGludXgt c2NzaSBvciBsaW51eC1rZXJuZWwuDQoNClRoYW5rcywgLy9Sb2INCg0KUFM6IEkgdG90YWxseSBi b3RjaGVkIHRoZSB0aXRsZSBvZiB0aGlzIHB1bGwgcmVxdWVzdCwgb2J2aW91c2x5IGl0IA0Kc2hv dWxkIHNheSAiZmNvZSBwdWxsIHJlcXVlc3QgZm9yIDMuMTAtcmMiLg0KDQo= From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754084Ab3F0Pjg (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:39:36 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:32492 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753967Ab3F0Pjd (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:39:33 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,953,1363158000"; d="scan'208";a="361502001" From: "Love, Robert W" To: James Bottomley CC: "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Neil Horman , "Fastabend, John R" , "fcoe-devel@open-fcoe.org" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: fcoe pull request for 3.9-rc Thread-Topic: fcoe pull request for 3.9-rc Thread-Index: AQHOceZTUhudfXOeMUiQto/NC5I3wZlJjJUAgACd/QA= Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:39:30 +0000 Message-ID: <51CC5CB2.80108@intel.com> References: <51CA03C1.1040901@intel.com> <1372313642.557.19.camel@dabdike> In-Reply-To: <1372313642.557.19.camel@dabdike> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130329 Thunderbird/17.0.5 x-originating-ip: [10.19.9.42] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-ID: <5483A15929D83D4CAEF139215D0C22CE@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mail.home.local id r5RFdldO015254 On Wed 26 Jun 2013 11:14:02 PM PDT, James Bottomley wrote: > On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 20:55 +0000, Love, Robert W wrote: >> The following changes since commit 1e876e3b1a9df25bb04682b0d48aaa7e8ae1fc82: >> >> Merge branch 'for-linus' of >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux (2013-06-25 >> 09:08:07 -1000) >> >> are available in the git repository at: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rwlove/fcoe.git >> tags/critical_fix_for_3.9 > > This is simple and I can review from the attached patch, so I'll take it > this time. But, please, next time follow proper process. That means the > individual patches should go over the SCSI mailing list for review > *before* they're sent in a pull request. > The reason I sent this pull request directly to Linus was that the patches I mailed at (2013-05-21) RC2 had not yet seen any attention since they were posted to linux-scsi. It is now RC7 and with 5 weeks of inactivity on my initial 3.10 patch series I had no faith that this critical fix would make it through the SCSI tree before the 3.10 kernel was released. FYI, Linus has taken this change already. I would have preferred to send the patch to linux-scsi for review first, but it had been thoroughly reviewed on the FCoE list, it's a fairly trivial change and I was a hurry to get it into Linus' inbox given his statement about "finding new ways to insult your pets." The patch is also part of the pull request, so it was review-able by anyone on linux-scsi or linux-kernel. Thanks, //Rob PS: I totally botched the title of this pull request, obviously it should say "fcoe pull request for 3.10-rc". {.n++%ݶw{.n+{G{ayʇڙ,jfhz_(階ݢj"mG?&~iOzv^m ?I