Re: [PATCH] [RFC]ARM: ftrace: pause/unpause function graph tracer in cpu_suspend()

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 07:14:54PM +0800, liang wang wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 18:39, Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 06:35:47PM +0800, liang wang wrote:
> > > Hi,all
> > >
> > > ftrace function_graph tracer always cause kernel panic on my ARM device with
> > > multiple CPUs, I found a solution for the problem on ARM64, refers to
> > > the patch above,
> > > I was wondering why this bugfix on ARM64 hasn't been upstreamed to ARM,
> >
> > Patches get applied to the ARM tree after they've been submitted to
> > the patch system. If they don't get submitted to the patch system,
> > then they get buried and forgotten.
> >
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> 
> Thanks for replying,
> So I refers to the solution on ARM64 and sent my patch on January as below.
> 
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2021-January/628460.html
> 
> But I haven't got any replies on my patch. How can I get my patch reviewed
> and submitted to the patch system?

I don't use ftrace, so I'm not the right person to review it - but it
seems that lots of patches for ARM are left to me to try and review,
despite me not knowing sufficient to know whether it's correct or not.
This isn't sustainable.

> Should I resend a new patch to this maillist?

You can try but I suspect the same thing will happen. The only thing I
can think is if you put it in the patch system and I apply it, if
someone has a problem with it, they'll shout about it soon enough. Not
the best way, but I don't see much other option.

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