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From: Sean Anderson In-Reply-To: <2025062054-tameness-canal-2204@gregkh> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20250620_093505_570212_D2F233C7 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.80 ) 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 On 6/20/25 12:01, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:41:52AM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote: >> On 6/20/25 01:10, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 04:05:33PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote: >> >> Upon further investigation, the EPROBE_DEFER loop outlined in [1] can >> >> occur even without the PCS subsystem, as described in patch 4/4. The >> >> second patch is a general fix, and could be applied even without the >> >> auxdev conversion. >> >> >> >> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250610183459.3395328-1-sean.anderson@linux.dev/ >> > >> > I have no idea what this summary means at all, which isn't a good start >> > to a patch series :( >> > >> > What problem are you trying to solve? >> >> See patch 4/4. > > That's not what should be in patch 0/4 then, right? > >> > What overall solution did you come up with? >> >> See patch 4/4. > > Again, why write a 0/4 summary at all then? So if I decide in v2 that some patch other than "auxiliary: Allow empty id" has to come first then the series still has the same subject. This makes it easier for maintainers to figure out which v1 the v2 is for. >> > Who is supposed to be reviewing any of this? >> >> Netdev. Hence "PATCH net". >> >> And see [1] above for background. I will quote it more-extensively next time. > > Referring to random links doesn't always work as we deal with thousands > of patches daily, and sometimes don't even have internet access (like > when reviewing patches on long flights/train rides...) Well, the link contains the message-id, so you are more than welcome to look it up in your email client. But to spare you the trouble I will quote from it next time in addition to linking. --Sean