Re: [PATCH 7.2 v10 0/2] skip redundant sync IPIs when TLB flush sent them

Andrew Morton
2026-04-24T19:08:40Z

On Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:50:03 -0700 Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org> wrote:

> > >>> Preferences?
> > >>
> > >> Reply-to-author would likely be better as a first step.
> > >
> > > Why do you think so?
> >
> > The most important part for me is that authors are aware of the reports.
> >
> > Sending them as a mail forces people to publicly reply to the feedback, and at
> > this point in time, I am not convinced that that is the right approach.
>
> But I imagine it's useful for reviewers to see Sashiko's feedback as
> well (without having to go look on the website). It's possible that
> Sashiko is right but the author isn't convinced, so getting more eyes
> on the feedback would help. If Sashiko is wrong, it's still useful for
> more people to see it and point it out, instead of Sashiko privately
> misguiding the author, especially that reviewers are probably more
> likely to tell if Sashiko is right or wrong.

Also, Sashiko does like to find unrelated bugs in surrounding code. I
saw two of these today.

But whatever, one step at a time. My main interest at present is to
stop having to send lame emails linking to the Sashiko reports!