Re: [PATCH] serial/pmac_zilog: Remove flawed mitigation for rx irq flood

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 2:57 AM Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
>> > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
>> > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
>> > > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
>> > > Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>> > > Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
>> > > Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>
>> > > Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
>> >
>> > Second, please move these Cc to be after the '---' line
>>
>> I thought they were placed above the line for audit (and signing)
>> purposes.
>
> I didn't get this, sorry.
>
>> There are thousands of Cc lines in the mainline commit messages
>> since v6.8.
>
> Having thousands of mistaken cases does not prove it's a good thing to
> follow. I answered Jiri why it's better the way I suggested.
>
>> > > Link: https://github.com/vivier/qemu-m68k/issues/44
>> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1078874617.9746.36.camel@gaston/
>> >
>> > Missed Fixes tag?
>>
>> Would this be ok: Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>> I have to ask because some reviewers do not like to see a Fixes tag cite
>> that commit.
>
> Yes, or you even may dig into the history.git from history group (see
> git.kernel.org) for the real first patch that brought it.
>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
>> > > ---
>> > (here is a good location for Cc:)
>>
>> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst indicats that it should be
>> above the "---" separator together with Acked-by etc. Has this convention
>> changed recently?

The docs don't really say where to put the Cc: tags, although they are
mentioned along with other tags which clearly are intended to go above
the separator.

> I see, I will prepare a patch to discuss this aspect.

FYI there was a discussion about this several years ago, where at least
some maintainers agreed that Cc: tags don't add much value and are
better placed below the --- separator.

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