Re: LED subsystem lagging maintenance

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jul 28 2021 - 07:08:40 EST


On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 1:35 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for your _prompt_ response!

> > I have noticed that in the last couple of cycles the LED subsystem is
> > a bit laggish in terms of maintenance (*). I think it's time that
> > someone can help Pavel to sort things out.
> >
> > In any case, I wonder if we have any kind of procedure for what to do
> > in such cases. Do we need to assume that the subsystem is in a
> > (pre-)orphaned state? If so, who is the best to take care of patch
> > flow?

> To be honest, patches were not applied because they were not that
> important to begin with,

Reference counting disbalance is not critical, but what is then?

> because of lacking explanation,

According to the thread
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-leds/20210529111935.3849707-1-andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u
you haven't commented a word on them. Can you, please, elaborate?

> and because
> you pushed a bit too hard.

Huh?!
It was two month and nothing from you. Good that this thread does
something about it.

> Yes, I'm quite busy in -rc1 to -rc3 timeframe with stable reviews. No,
> LED subsystem is not orphaned.

Thank you!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko