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 bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (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 8B1C6E6F098 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:03:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=V7tfZu18muDy0P5XoKsuDPWXkWyRiYAk7XmtuO2uyHA=; b=BE1krviFeIlR/Op+SCJSckrqoF IG77778I77cJUo3fqh5euC4EFUjI+EChFKGOQCCu+/gJxfMqQOzAVoFu5ua6XpglRddEDdk+GEq7U kJTjix530i2OX6ups3CNIAVZRyYGKeXDqkn5XNzR0L8xLXn1fKDVoumIDyaI2vwnChWj1tSkuFWcL 99M07pQq/I3qJl+MW6V229aN/oSlNRMUBCwSObZaCfNBnI0PzlA4H1KEMbwIstlCAp9oH7U9nKvLd F/bHvj4aIXzEtYJ7qgKxpT9JHnCrAWKDA5iayTUnN1ugtyz3ft6+dr3ef8yhAtsKTajo2XiLjQAtV PE+y+e5A==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vY3v1-0000000FeR0-1NLB; Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:03:23 +0000 Received: from perceval.ideasonboard.com ([213.167.242.64]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vY3ux-0000000FeQN-1EcJ for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:03:21 +0000 Received: from pendragon.ideasonboard.com (81-175-209-152.bb.dnainternet.fi [81.175.209.152]) by perceval.ideasonboard.com (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 02DA1833; Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:03:03 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ideasonboard.com; s=mail; t=1766502184; bh=+pdYS7oe+ITloB9NSURDJAUtEhD90+1rBYIWPa+W0+8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=OLQh1bYJiqifUkTNmfTC4646turpArYJ6YSdrSmenY5w2VVgKkX9J2qh5crWXqOCl MS7XBJ1XLKmdY+dAPNUiC/YpCONHhQVjUKXekH3f0cv6bnArHKjK4z4KQOtnGQ0ZVj v9+tbw0t1WWw14tj+cHvP77oIeqzhORHYSaquSi0= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:02:56 +0200 From: Laurent Pinchart To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Alexandre Belloni , Linus Walleij , Drew Fustini , Jonathan Corbet , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, soc@lists.linux.dev, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: Be more explicit about defconfig Message-ID: <20251223150256.GI9817@pendragon.ideasonboard.com> References: <20251223142726.73417-3-krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251223142726.73417-3-krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20251223_070319_481281_0518FA0C X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 19.45 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi Krzysztof, On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 03:27:27PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > It is already documented but people still send noticeable amount of > patches ignoring the rule - get_maintainers.pl does not work on > arm64/configs/defconfig or any other shared ARM defconfig. > > Be more explicit, that one must not rely on typical/simple approach > here for getting To/Cc list. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski > > --- > > Incorrectly addressed patches for arm64/defconfig are around ~2 per month... > --- > Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst > index 3ba886f52a51..014c639022b2 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst > @@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ Submitting Patches for Given SoC > > All typical platform related patches should be sent via SoC submaintainers > (platform-specific maintainers). This includes also changes to per-platform or > -shared defconfigs (scripts/get_maintainer.pl might not provide correct > -addresses in such case). > +shared defconfigs. Note that scripts/get_maintainer.pl might not provide > +correct addresses for the shared defconfig, so ignore its output and manually > +create CC-list based on MAINTAINERS file or use something like > +``scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/soc/FOO/``). I fear this will be another piece of documentation that people won't read. It would be more effective to implement custom logic in get_maintainer.pl (or at least output an informative message). > > Submitting Patches to the Main SoC Maintainers > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart