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

Andrew Morton
2026-04-25T11:36:07Z

On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:17:18 +0200 "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org> wrote:

> > The usefulness of the mailing list posting is that it makes it easier
> > to respond and discuss the review. Yes, what Zi did is great, but it
> > would be nice if contributors/reviewers didn't need to manually quote
> > Sashiko.
>
> I think the most important part is the contributor side. A private posting is
> sufficient for that.

Thinking through how is this going to work out.

- contributor sends patchset

- akpm looks at the Sashiko scan and thinks "huh, we might be seeing
a new version soon".

- Now what? Maybe contributor doesn't like AI, maybe contributor
thinks it was all nonsense. But I don't know this!

So I send the email "I see that Sashiko said stuff - can we expect
a new version?". Which is no improvement over what's happening now.

What I would like to have is some reasonably reliable and prompt means
by which we all learn contributor's views on the Sashiko scan.

One way to bring this about might be to set suitable reply-to headers
in the Sashiko->contributor email, along with a few words asking
contributor to let everyone know the status.

But whatever - let's not overthink this. To start somewhere, let's
send that private email, spend a few weeks evaluating then perhaps make
adjustments.