RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum message size

[Allan, Bruce W]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 8:27 AM
> To: Allan, Bruce W
> Cc: apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; postmaster
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum
> message size
> 
> On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 15:08 +0000, Allan, Bruce W wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:36 PM
> > > To: Allan, Bruce W
> > > Cc: apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; postmaster
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum
> > > message size
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2014-06-05 at 17:00 -0700, Bruce Allan wrote:
> > > > the maximum message size (100,000 characters) allowed by
> Majordomo at
> > > > vger.kernel.org since that is where most Linux email lists are served.
> > >
> > > I believe this is incorrect and the patch is unnecessary.
> >
> > Actually, it is correct (it even says so at
> http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html).
> 
> where?
> 
> All it says there that's relevant is:
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> All email sent to there must be TEXT/PLAIN, there can be no multipart
> messages, no VCARDs, nothing ``fancy''. In presence of such things,
> Majordomo will very likely do the wrong thing.
> 
> When you send there email, do make sure that all of the email headers,
> both visible and transport level, have same addresses in them. People
> experience problems when for example ``From:'', ``Sender:'' and possible
> ``Reply-To:'' headers present different addresses. The most common
> manifestation is complete silence from VGER!
> ------------------------------------------
> 

http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html#taboo says:
The Majordomo is configured with a set of filter rules which when triggered will send
the email to "/dev/null". 
(List owner actually, but they are overworked elsewere, and use "d" button usually...)
<snip>
* Message size exceeding 100 000 characters causes blocking.


> > We just experienced 2 out of 4 patches in the initial RFC submittal of the
> Intel(R)
> > QuickAssist Technology (QAT) driver being blocked by Majordomo from
> getting out
> > on the linux-crypto mailing list.
> 
> Possible, but the largest patch I've seen recently
> on linux-kernel is about .5 Meg, 5 times your limit.
> 
> >   It took a while to figure out the problem and had to
> > break up those two blocked patches into smaller ones which went
> through fine.  I
> > submitted this checkpatch patch in hopes to prevent others from having
> to figure out
> > the same.
> 
> Maybe specific to crypto?
> 
> > > It'd maybe more interesting if the email header sizes
> > > were calculated and if > 1024, then some bleating message
> > > were emitted.
> 
> This specific bit, email headers > 1K in total size,
> is an actual failure mode btw.

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