From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 076823C7E1E; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773857869; cv=none; b=OQ0A1mjRREKipXYw+M9h1FCGBjFEqO7Y/1KZougxs/EzBfYHStJVlgngVsomA9QZ99ok4yfqdKYc5Z7DpzY9sE6NvFn1oXaVNtXhlcrwArn3mGGqwZVKWnSVRhTYL3uANQfK2jhU3iLi8pb1HDJ0cwnrx8S0mc17RWxY/WnGyv0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773857869; c=relaxed/simple; bh=qOuv8yLok7w4Qf9Ctfc/eUh7sK/tvm661IBridKv47w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=aWjkb2vW/lhf1WPlu9RLqEvjScLkuERsE2bB8q1sgFKZ4DL29wg0XCAr34iLBIPfRsxQclmekVMEdU/piCU1RY3gF338noE3DSwqOEir4b2lbNqNGQ4lH1xMadYGkCvqQ8YRPSe0oj3TIT5EnQIWrkYvycj8A9OVGU4xSDXnrTs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=UnaLcINE; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="UnaLcINE" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20DF9C19421; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:17:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1773857868; bh=qOuv8yLok7w4Qf9Ctfc/eUh7sK/tvm661IBridKv47w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=UnaLcINEpXi8qa9WQoXw9hvqFj1m4OSZP6tdGWghUHheid/SlqR+cT/10f1x3fm6f mN4r4BA6k0Fw7+RqJ0B8gQWp1Nt1WeNppSQyZbjEfwPMyRRww/TdzZARkak8dNG0jK N4TVBnyNTpSih4c6IhO1V0t42cyNNNA5/F9Dfmd8= Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:17:44 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Ethan Tidmore Cc: Aadarsh 7001 , Luka Gejak , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, straube.linux@gmail.com, dan.carpenter@linaro.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fixed the trailing whitespaces/commented code Message-ID: <2026031800-tank-shakiness-3d58@gregkh> References: <20260318021005.6346-1-aadarshmandal9354@gmail.com> <2A37C741-68A1-47E2-AB3D-833593B5C392@linux.dev> <2026031841-turban-sludge-c8c8@gregkh> <2026031814-unskilled-scrambler-3372@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:54:38PM -0500, Ethan Tidmore wrote: > On Wed Mar 18, 2026 at 10:11 AM CDT, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 08:36:21PM +0530, Aadarsh 7001 wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM Greg KH wrote: > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 07:59:28AM +0100, Luka Gejak wrote: > >> > > Hi Aadarsh, > >> > > > >> > > Thanks for submitting this patch, and good luck with your GSoC > >> > application! > >> > > >> > Wait, what? Is GSoC doing staging patches for "entrance" into the > >> > program? If so, SOMEONE needs to tell me this, otherwise I will have to > >> > treat all of these as an abuse of the community review process and just > >> > flat out reject all staging patches until the GSoC application process > >> > is over. > >> > > >> This isn't ok, you all know better than to do this. > >> > > >> > Who is in charge of the kernel GSoC project this year? > >> > > >> > greg k-h > >> > >> Sorry for the confusion, that wasn't my intention to abuse the community > >> > review process. This is my effort to learn and contribute to the kernel. > >> > I'll be extra care ful on this. Thank you for clarification. > > > > If you are applying for GSoC, this is not your fault. I want to know > > who the mentors that asked you to send this patch, where is that > > documented? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > It's on the actual page for it [1]: > > Create a small patch that fixes a trivial issue in drivers/staging. > See points 1) and 2) below to learn the process. Only after this patch > is accepted by the community you can go and work on the next step. > > Thanks, > > ET > > [1] https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-Device-Tree-Bindings And it points to a video of mine from 16 years ago {sigh} It would have been nice for someone from that project to give me the heads-up that we would be getting a huge increase in our review load :(