Re: [PATCH -next] tty/serial: atmel: Include module.h to fix build failure

[Sudip Mukherjee]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:35:03PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 01/11/2016 07:08 AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> >On 2016-01-11 06:11 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >>On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 02:05:36PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> >>>On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 10:29:08AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>>>On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 10:15:35AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
<snip>
> >>>
> >>>Hi Guenter,
> >>>Just a thought. It has happended many times that we both have sent
> >>>patches to fix the same build fail. Maybe your patch got applied and
> >>>mine came late or maybe mine was applied and you came late. But I think
> >>>if we have a separate mailing list where people interested to fix and
> >>>monitor build failures will be members and we Cc that list whenever we
> >>>send patch for build fail and then in that case we will know that
> >>>someone else has already sent a patch for this failure and we can invest
> >>>the time in some other problem.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Hi Sudip,
> >>
> >>I agree, it would make sense to have a build(/runtime?)-fixes-only mailing
> >>list. Question though is how to limit noise on such a list and, of course,
> >>where and how to set it up. Any thoughts ?
> >
> >Since most (all?) of these kind of fails are on linux-next, why not
> 
> Most or many, but not all.
> 
> >do what everyone else does, and report the fail there and/or ensure
> >the fix is cc'd there?   Before I waste time trying to fix sth on
> >linux-next, I always google for the error msg and many times that
> >leads me to a lkml or linux-next post where it was reported and
> >fixed already.
> 
> Many times, Sudip and I end up fixing problems literally in parallel,
> and it happened quite often lately that we do send patches in parallel.

sometimes it was a difference of few minutes.

> Even if I do a Google search for an error message, it happens quite
> often that I get no results, yet the fix is already out there on
> some list.

google will take some time to index it.

> 
> Sudip, one option would be to set up a semi-private mailing list.
> My build tests now have a dedicated virtual host (kerneltests.org).
> I could set up a managed list there.

yes, fine with me. As long as we can share the information that one of
us has already sent the fix.

regards
sudip