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 shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15658CAC597 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:43:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernelnewbies.org; s=mail; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Cc: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:Sender: Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender :Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=/RYpekRYeuC+Vsi8L4+mUTKKd+e9j7vDkayXFoXOjnA=; b=TJ1uar5nvTgyqTsCkv0nPKrH32 blyXxjjrgiurkVhCHxXg6hUhsH6CbVyahcbYDOpkTmGdY3P4Qq/Fg2XwRdi2Ms2F5flcioD7UzdOU o0ml4A2VCc9z1bl9CfLJcVB24u2k7m5tTwuEywd3Yx7cSWECXUVsiEEADRa51Wl3Ae1czcojn/Fze tp3z7L7DiDy8EMG0kZx2j5aZ2ck6MsHN6/c+e8cRA0u7fhUmuYM8V69MOZAnzrfxCMKhWhPREDT4W tDrJWWp4VTREnlDDNjThBQg08xVnJq+A/WxsyUp9Q+KBdGfJO1Piuh0YRIGAm9bd6nhrpgExiIAcz PGY7K4LA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1uy8YX-000000002Xp-3yls; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:43:41 -0400 Received: from mail-4323.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.23]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from ) id 1uy8WF-000000002W2-28cb for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:41:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tcarey.uk; s=protonmail; t=1757940075; x=1758199275; bh=nkZIWRNtO1gOibVWQHN7fK/glwYYg9wTSOC6VGinOG4=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=d3khShnDsU8uSJxmltRGXZQu6Q74XcQTVrJPurx4nyLv/JiXzh9PnNBHGP/YPKVn+ +Q0xFKcSM+PA0aVqi3tj38OzeoikSlYYya/eZXPW5kS4LuN6Y/XsxC89YbblyFUne9 XaZfyhQNRuc+A1D4FOvOVKEv9WvQv3DXbmpGRbRxbWC4JhFw4A6u97CsqwWQ7/44Mc sjLaoLIEeedncZ/EKQXZz+TssLKV/Jzcb7piRzYHVJfpcnikX+J6zCBlMMARWpEAIk o3YtI961ONzircDkBk7cMcPaxqlWcBQoqiiAdEzToxX8pNpfduZXNXxHLUjrOs6z1r bH3Y0kMFqeEoQ== Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:41:06 +0000 To: Alison Schofield From: Torin Carey Subject: Re: Existing patches of similar content Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: 43460779:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: bed432518ffe3782fef6ce6b33acc4cab04e7375 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Kernel Newbies X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 02:48:27PM -0700, Alison Schofield wrote: > Kudo's to you for asking and for looking through the lore history of your > subsystem and finding the history of this feature. > > There's a lot of variability in lore mailing lists, reviewers, and maintainers > responsiveness, so to be generic, I'll suggest your #2 option. Reply to the > patch, show what you'd like to change, and see what happens. > > Maybe you breathe new life into it, the original author picks up your changes, > and the feature moves forward. > > Maybe the original author acknowledges your changes and asks you to pick it up > and carry it forward. > > Maybe crickets, in which case you can submit a new patch, probably with a tag > 'Originally-by:' or 'Co-developed-by'. > > BTW if you do pick it up, make sure to address any concerns raised with the > original patch. > > Good Luck, > Alison Hi Alison, Thanks for the advice! In that case I'll work on putting some review comments together and see if it goes anywhere. If not I'll consider publishing my own patch. The original patch didn't seem to receive any concerns, but hopefully some renewal to it could get some more attention on it. Thanks, Torin _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies