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 1A9D284A32 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 21:25:03 +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=1719869104; cv=none; b=jKsn8c2mjxCr3FqJc1AMXHO4lSZFuBRG7FAAwwS7KBCwR/bSYoHSbN01VTWzhDvvomp1pCdYxFyi+CfIhdK6BSFZ3gbJ3RdyKmIm06eOXw2GM06/z1SdM9rw1F/a/anvdsrOXTAMFf3IyG4YivDa7tu8qRGcusIxtHAIMWSM4Ao= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1719869104; c=relaxed/simple; bh=L+DbI12cljPaAa7910IB/ecv+v//6gFWlfUZIhwemgc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=nbMMUgQgjmrCUd8VhI9ILfXSlBkSmHn0Fi8cZmN/WJ75zNeWBrvMPxLZzyQ0AIWeECzBrHCoQQB81SNz/f6zTf9pVbmPbgLLimCWjOt+OSwEokvql1Ru2RqA0c4mLexijMefl5V4tp4oxS8ozSwfm3FboW9IyKO789nrXCwC/zY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=tlQ3vBw/; 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="tlQ3vBw/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4541EC116B1; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 21:25:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1719869103; bh=L+DbI12cljPaAa7910IB/ecv+v//6gFWlfUZIhwemgc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=tlQ3vBw/gHfPcMzc1he5mJydlTC4mtF1wqH7r0xI2+6uxo40Bze84NTSrir8/WP6I QXmGzMDDHF/w/QbudR8IoEsoOFk/6a/GW8B8kajgjxDIono4QH8YgeibgamOXRv61H kPS0ieddz6naRu/A91ZVy+EkwEXb1FTn9Bu9Hvv/Hycj5E/2H5mx1kotzN2GRrHG7o T53WJvX2ApCnab9UDux15G+9OIPDmAjkFKxN4ywNj4TSmw2niEb9jbPWxBsHRCgqGi lApj+64/YXJBHmuHZXBu2ykJ2vezmfm+/dPojjv8Ov0S5xu+PVLLZ2lfyhOcVIixE6 +QbkxLlH/IqbQ== Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:25:02 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Rushil Gupta Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeroendb@google.com, pkaligineedi@google.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, willemb@google.com, hramamurthy@google.com, Shailend Chand , Ziwei Xiao Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gve: Add retry logic for recoverable adminq errors Message-ID: <20240701142502.1a831c74@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20240628204139.458075-1-rushilg@google.com> <20240628180206.07c0a1b2@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:56:27 -0700 Rushil Gupta wrote: > > Since Jeroen is a maintainer of this driver, and you are not listed > > in the MAINTAINERS file I don't understand why you're the one sending > > this. We can't teach everyone at google the upstream process one by > > one so I'd like to request that only the listed maintainers post pure > > GVE patches (or the folks who are heavily involved upstream). > > I could not find one single documentation that says only listed > maintainers can post pure patches. > Authors of some of the recently accepted patches were in fact not in > the MAINTAINERS file. It's not documented because we have to resort to it very rarely. The escalation path is - remind of the process -> request that someone knowledgeable reviews the code prior to posting -> limit submitters. > I am sending this patch as I was involved in getting this code to the > upstream-ready state and testing it internally. > However, if other GVE maintainers wish to follow this rule; I am ok > with your suggestion.