Re: [PATCH V2 0/9] rtla improvements

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon May 29 2023 - 04:43:52 EST


On Mon, 29 May 2023 10:38:16 +0200
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 5/29/23 10:28, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > Could you make sure to Cc linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and not
> > linux-trace-devel. The former is for any patch that goes into the
> > kernel repo, the later is for the tracing libraries (like libtracefs).
> > The reason why this matters is that the patchwork that is associated to
> > the Linux kernel tree will not get these (and I will not work on them
> > when I'm working on kernel patches). But it will go into the
> > patchwork for the libraries (and never be processed by the patchwork
> > infrastructure), and I will likely not work on them, because when I
> > look at the library patchwork, I ignore anything that goes into the
> > kernel.
>
> Sure, I will do that. IIRC, we agreed that we would use linux-trace-devel for
> rtla because it is a user-space tool. But I agree with you, as they are patches
> going to the kernel repo, linux-trace-kernel is a better place. It is easier to
> myself too... :-).

I think we agreed on that because linux-trace-kernel didn't exist yet ;-)

>
> >
> > Perhaps resend with the proper Cc and it will then be processed. I
> > allowed this to happen before, but that's because I did everything
> > manually and not with my scripts. And I'm tired of doing that.
>
> I will do that in the v3.
>
> I will also update the maintainers entry for RTLA and RV, as both are pointing to
> linux-trace-devel.

I already sent the patch!

-- Steve