Re: [PATCH] Update my email address in various drivers

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

Hi Russell

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 08:33:46PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 08:04:44PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Hi Russell.
> > 
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:19:10AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> > > Globally update my email address in six files scattered through the
> > > tree.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c                 | 2 +-
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-ahb-audio.c | 2 +-
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c               | 2 +-
> > >  drivers/media/cec/cec-notifier.c                    | 2 +-
> > >  drivers/net/phy/swphy.c                             | 2 +-
> > >  include/media/cec-notifier.h                        | 2 +-
> > >  6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > This changes all cases of:
> >    
> >    rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk
> > 
> > to
> > 
> >   rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk or no mail address.
> 
> Correct.  This is the address I sign off all my commits with, and this
> is the one I use to associate with authorship because it uses my
> initials.
> 
> > But I am confused.
> > 
> > The new address does not appear anywhere in MAINTAINERS and is used
> > only in three other files.
> 
> MAINTAINERS lists the addresses I prefer email for the day to day
> maintanence, which is my linux@ accounts.  The above addresses
> also fall into _this_ mailbox too, rather than my rmk@ mailbox.
> So, ultimately all that email comes to the same place.
> 
> However, the plain rmk@ address doesn't.
> 
> > And there are a few other mail addresses that would reach you.
> > But no matter how confused I am the patch looks fine so:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> > 
> > And if the change is for private reaons then I do not have to know
> > anyway so feel free to ignore my confusion.
> 
> The reason for the change is so I can drop the routing information
> rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk, thereby causing that address to start
> bouncing, rather than being a spam inlet.  Sure, the new one will
> be as well, but the point is that keeping both around indefinitely
> gives a bigger attack surface for spam ingress.

Thanks for taking your time to explain the background.

The patch touches several files outside drivers/gpu/
so I do not feel confident to apply this to drm-misc-next.

	Sam