From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B7C6C352A1 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229551AbiLFTCM (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2022 14:02:12 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42896 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229544AbiLFTCK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2022 14:02:10 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE8A632BBB for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 11:02:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4845C617A4 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 96381C433D6 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:02:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1670353328; bh=KrWCMFMlFry21qiMyBEc6ykC19tkyELdyS7fqhpUUYo=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=alFEDuTSmwVybb2kCIPbG3Yge/gGZDvpL7SjGPooDcD/Ni5/s721FFacb/ky9YeN8 sQGL6H/c1x56ofhF4fWUB7q2Dte8tbCUtnOT0PmnmbV+4qgSuscvVulJ9gat8abcBM 3vFUH63FKujAXhi4Ft1kFFhwOKDgkKT1CnTajTeL14Jz5mF9q0kBcU1Gvj1VEcI1Fa UTnO3Cxz4UR3WUyIsok1s7dTcKqqRgo3kNohqv6IdQa2MrXCbN31zdl7gcoVxyfstV NjJrpvjZjhNPxVJCQg0ULwFdkIAer9/s5LhoAnQIPk0ejNO5mXqwWcxNESHc47YNH5 1snWPXq0IKNRQ== Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 11:02:07 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski To: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" Subject: driver reviewer rotation Message-ID: <20221206110207.303de16f@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Hi! As some of you may have noticed we have restarted a structured reviewer rotation. There should be an uptick in the number of reviews when you post patches. Here is some details, and background info. The majority of submissions we get are for drivers. We have tried to create a driver review rotation a while back, to increase the review coverage, but it fizzled out. We're taking a second go at it. The new rotation is limited in length (4 weeks) and focused on involving NIC teams (nVidia, Intel, Broadcom, plus Meta/FB to make it 4), rather than particular individuals. I picked the NIC vendors for multiple reasons - with small exceptions they send more patches than they review. Secondly they have rather large teams, which makes it easier to create a stable rotation - employees from the same org can load balance and cover for each other. Last but not least, I have a possibly unfounded belief, that in a vendor setting the additional structure of a review rotation is doubly beneficial as "organized efforts" are usually easier to justify to corporate overlords. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to also be a part of a review rotation. We can start a second circle or double up one of the shifts... we'll figure something out. Also please reach out with any comments / concerns / feedback. FWIW any "corporate involvement" in the community makes me feel uneasy (and I hope that other community members share this feeling). So please don't view this as any form of corporate collusion or giving companies themselves influence. This is also not an indictment against the community members who are already investing their time in reviewing code, and making this project work... HTH