Re: [PATCH] dma-fence: Correct return of dma_fence_driver_name()

From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 10:20:18 EST


On 10/24/25 3:37 PM, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> Good to know. I am coming from the angle that netiquette, at least in the olden
> days, used to be that when you join an established thread you don't trim too
> much of the context. For the benefit of people joining the thread at that very
> point, especially when re-raising an argument which has already been discussed.

I see it the opposite way, leaving too much context wastes people's time
searching for the actual reply, see also [1].

If someone wants the full context, previously sent mails are always available.

[1] https://subspace.kernel.org/etiquette.html#trim-your-quotes-when-replying

>> Now, you can argue that you mean "driver has been detached from the fence",
>> which means something along the lines of "the driver has no business with the
>> fence anymore", but this is not what people think of when they read
>> "detached-driver".Okay people. :)

Not a big deal, but for you to note: Quite some of your replies I've received
recently add text to the quoted parts, in this case the "Okay people. :)".

> How about "unknown-driver", would that satisfy you?

Honestly, the most accurate thing to say would be "fence-signaled", because
that's the actual condition which causes the change.