From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DC3B15481 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:06:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linutronix.de header.i=@linutronix.de header.b="YIjUXdrv"; dkim=permerror (0-bit key) header.d=linutronix.de header.i=@linutronix.de header.b="ZOhzBjNv" Received: from galois.linutronix.de (Galois.linutronix.de [193.142.43.55]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30317A4; Wed, 11 Oct 2023 05:06:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Gleixner DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020; t=1697025969; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=e8PMcuYySmTK2GLGzDl7ickSIL5xZv3CLwffGGkD0iM=; b=YIjUXdrvRneuXFgc7gq7Rn4OY3r/Caz1QfO/PDv0g1CxSKzy/JObsngmnPSIL5InPiL5wb oZfTjPtiVApWl+yNCYR6qGxu1NhdHl264HE+q4etwtvlceDSzsK55ijK/8fKVymicPDUvr PeBukGq/h+e/CxmKXPHaeCzDULMVqJcu2htT4ul+cAH4Vg8ld6Q2seATPdoZs5harGwQAE 5FI+Y6qwsG1KaGYooyqLdICL2aI+YhN95XDjvvrZ6rZaSYk/Lv2DD4XZI0WWuQGEGEH5qi scUiHjHYSC+sTvAbciNbgwzE3/aMU0B/0FnDkIysRRdzAoOS+eh6+x9yZwl//A== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linutronix.de; s=2020e; t=1697025969; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=e8PMcuYySmTK2GLGzDl7ickSIL5xZv3CLwffGGkD0iM=; b=ZOhzBjNvuXO9xiRWpa7Tdwnq7GT1Qfbi1aZb6EEWC5hCIlDewkaxbXXyrQaiE4o1EynyFn IL9wQ8L8YD+6czAw== To: "Russell King (Oracle)" , Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, James Morse , loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Jean-Philippe Brucker , jianyong.wu@arm.com, justin.he@arm.com, Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, Salil Mehta , "H. Peter Anvin" , Peter Zijlstra , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpu-hotplug: provide prototypes for arch CPU registration In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:06:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87o7h5l5xr.ffs@tglx> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net On Tue, Oct 10 2023 at 17:23, Russell King wrote: > Okay, I give up. 15 days, still no real progress. I don't see any point > in submitting any further patches for the kernel outside of those areas > that I maintain. Clearly no one cares enough to bother (a) properly > reviewing the patch, (b) applying the patch that Thomas thought > "makes tons of sense." > > If patches that "makes tons of sense" just get ignored, then what does > the future of the kernel hold? Crap, that's what, utter crap. > > As I said, it seems that the Linux kernel process is basically totally > broken and rotten. If a six line patch that "makes tons of sense" can't > be applied, then there's basically no hope what so ever. Oh well. I usually try to keep track of such stuff, but this one fell through the cracks. Shit happens and we are all human, no? Sorry for the wrong information about ia64. The removal did not happen because someone stepped up as a possible maintainer. Thanks, tglx