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 2C71F136E1B; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:31:48 +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=1712172709; cv=none; b=WbaAtFvEBWguZsb/1N0u2pq0gF3eAAqnaKD6XacvSiJ8z37IeIVxMW9YOByoHG20/fyty6qLsj3o3kOlxJ4gwQfvcvwZNGbDGX/6FHu+s32bFxF3LUXhqsxfk4otElyL1Bha14infF/UJX75bj8VKegurU5DAF1b94wEeiDabmY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712172709; c=relaxed/simple; bh=49hnf8eNd26JAJN5gZr216K6nvdSTCxEep8HR+2CMrU=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=Nx5rhtbvae+UaAepfqFIPySucdEVNjx/b/cFrqzIb5BLuRNQbIz/k5zJ2FN1/RLyQv5EDL4Iha968OtlXokgCGO2PrNMEvPJ5eBtsz+4/YXSUi/8Gh3RmxHqrT18RFmti7YUdWkBVNZ9DjAk0ttgEnP69La+idLfw5Iq0VWuSgA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=qEp3oq3a; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="qEp3oq3a" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CADC2C433F1; Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:31:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1712172708; bh=49hnf8eNd26JAJN5gZr216K6nvdSTCxEep8HR+2CMrU=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=qEp3oq3a7S2UpwjWu3xh9U7cO7WKeyoQUuqJ5j4JMMeDS4R4+OpuA/wJKcPER6x5c SGIe75/PLLWU/9q1K2gvx382Lm4GbsIZdZzJPbo/UX/FhuchNDNRwvahtyuVNXJyZX 73d9O+6HuZ9tM63O1P0EW26mPfKQD/9rdN0sCRguPqMA/PEHDYvRndNDXTSXpwp9CX cAt02IfR4bssUEdtVbO23p/RL01G2aH4HhLpY7kRT/Z49AQfqCM05ZF/Bf2aZDVrLl JvSmk5cvO1kZRPUBGr5Oo31zvhnW8ViQNzyfiEc4OWizhwhjZrMQCvpE7rLiILhcSg FQwnJ2vqo5M4g== Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 13:31:46 -0600 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver Content-Language: en-US To: Leon Romanovsky , Edward Cree Cc: Jakub Kicinski , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jason Gunthorpe , Christoph Hellwig , Saeed Mahameed , Arnd Bergmann , Jiri Pirko , Leonid Bloch , Itay Avraham , Saeed Mahameed , Aron Silverton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Andy Gospodarek References: <2024032248-ardently-ribcage-a495@gregkh> <510c1b6b-1738-4baa-bdba-54d478633598@kernel.org> <20240322135826.1c4655e2@kernel.org> <20240322154027.5555780a@kernel.org> <1cd2a70c-17b8-4421-b70b-3c0199a84a6a@kernel.org> <0ea32dd4-f408-5870-77eb-f18899f1ad44@gmail.com> <20240402184832.GO11187@unreal> <20240403190012.GV11187@unreal> From: David Ahern In-Reply-To: <20240403190012.GV11187@unreal> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 4/3/24 1:00 PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:26:50PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: >> On 02/04/2024 19:48, Leon Romanovsky wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 05:32:44PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: >>>> you're getting maintainer pushback. >>> >>> May I suggest you to take a short break, collect names of people who >>> participated in this discussion and check in git history/MAINTAINERS >>> file their contribution to the linux kernel? >> Whether you like it or not, Kuba is a kernel maintainer. >> And thus, semantically, a Nack from him is "maintainer pushback". >> That remains true regardless of who else in the discussion is also >> a kernel maintainer. >> >> If you had an actual point, feel free to explain to me, without the >> veiled language, what was so 'inappropriate' about my posting. > > Language, tone, and content of your email were inappropriate: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/0ea32dd4-f408-5870-77eb-f18899f1ad44@gmail.com/ > ...certain vendors whining... > > ^^^^ Language > > ... possibly they thought devlink params would just get rubber- > stamped — and now they're finding that the kernel's quality standards > still apply. ... > > ^^^^ Tone > EVERYONE who participated in this discussion knows about kernel's > quality standards. > > ... Patches aren't languishing for want of reviewer resources; it's just that it > takes *submitter* time and effort to bring them up to the quality level > that's required, and occasionally the vendor has to (shock! horror!) > tell the world what one of their magic knobs actually *does*. ... > > ^^^^ Content > This paragraph alone shows that you completely didn't understand the > discussion here. > > Thanks +1