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

Andy Shevchenko andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 16:09:31 AEDT 2024


On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 6:06 AM Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko at gmail.com> writes:
> > On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 2:57 AM Finn Thain <fthain at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 4 Apr 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >
> >> > > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> >> > > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> >> > > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> >> > > Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
> >> > > Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at kernel.org>
> >> > > Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao at linux.ibm.com>
> >> > > Cc: linux-m68k at 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 at 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.

He-h... Documentation needs constant updates too, for one reason or another.
This is normal process and in particular Cc (rather long) lists needs to be
reconsidered.

> > 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.

Thanks, I'll definitely read this.
But I'm 100% sure the environment aspect and mobile device screen
sizes were not discussed there.

> Thread starts here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87y31eov1l.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au/


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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