From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from aserp2130.oracle.com ([141.146.126.79]:36888 "EHLO aserp2130.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726134AbeL2FZk (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:25:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:25:04 -0800 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/20] drop useless LIST_HEAD Message-ID: <20181229052504.GA16315@magnolia> References: <1545555435-24576-1-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> <20181227134055.GA2272@kadam> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181227134055.GA2272@kadam> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Dan Carpenter Cc: Tom Psyborg , Julia Lawall , Andy Shevchenko , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Dan Williams , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, Stefano Stabellini , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 04:40:55PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 11:12:20PM +0100, Tom Psyborg wrote: > > there was discussion about this just some days ago. CC 4-5 lists is > > more than enough > > > > I don't know who you were discussing this with... > > You should CC the 0th patch to all the mailinglists. That much is a > clear rule. > > For the rest, Julia's position is the more conservative one. I was in > a conversation in RL and they were like, "CC everyone for all the > patches". It depends on the context, of course. If the patches are > dependent on each other then you *have* to CC everyone for everything. Agreed. Ms. Lawall, sending "Cover letter + all relevant XFS patches" (as you did) was exactly the right thing for us xfs types. :) For that matter, we prefer to receive through linux-xfs more patches than necessary (one can send the entire series if one is unsure) than to go wanting for more context. --D > If we really have other clear rules, then it should be encoded into > get_maintainer.pl so that it's automatic. > > My other question is why do the linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > people feel like they need to be CC'd about every driver??? I always > remove them from the CC list unless it's an arch/arm issue. > > regards, > dan carpenter > > PS: Please, no more top posting. >