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The merging of the preparation patches > >>>> [1] to mainline allows us to remove sentinel elements without changi= ng > >>>> behavior. This is safe because the sysctl registration code > >>>> (register_sysctl() and friends) use the array size in addition to > >>>> checking for a sentinel [2]. > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> looks like *this* "patch" made it to the sysctl tree [1], breaking b4 > >>> for everyone else (as there's a "--- b4-submit-tracking ---" magic in > >>> the tree history now) on next-20240422 > >>> > >>> Please drop it (again, I'm only talking about this empty cover letter= ). > >> > >> Just to clarify, in case it is not obvious: > >> Please *do not merge your own trees* into kernel.org repos. Instead use > >> b4 shazam to pick up entire patchset, even if it is yours. b4 allows to > >> merge/apply also the cover letter, if this is your intention. > >> > >> With b4 shazam you would get proper Link tags and not break everyone's > >> b4 workflow on next. :/ > >=20 > > I was expecting this to happen at some point. :/ > >=20 > > Note, that you can still use b4 and merge your own trees, but you need= =20 > > to switch to using a different cover letter strategy: > >=20 > > [b4] > > prep-cover-strategy =3D branch-description >=20 > Yes, but you still won't have: > 1. Link tags > 2. Nice thank-you letters > 3. Auto-collecting review/tested/ack tags >=20 > So sure, maintainer can even cherry-pick patches, use patch or manually > edit git objects and then update git refs, but that's not the point. :) >=20 > Just use b4 shazam, it's so awesome tool. I'll try this out going forward (instead of chaning the cover letter strategy) Thx again. 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boundary="===============4285724121010183335==" Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+kexec=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org --===============4285724121010183335== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5scxkb2uvfn4vufj" Content-Disposition: inline --5scxkb2uvfn4vufj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 05:07:59PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 22/04/2024 16:57, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 04:49:27PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >>>> These commits remove the sentinel element (last empty element) from= =20 > >>>> the > >>>> sysctl arrays of all the files under the "kernel/" directory that us= e a > >>>> sysctl array for registration. The merging of the preparation patches > >>>> [1] to mainline allows us to remove sentinel elements without changi= ng > >>>> behavior. This is safe because the sysctl registration code > >>>> (register_sysctl() and friends) use the array size in addition to > >>>> checking for a sentinel [2]. > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> looks like *this* "patch" made it to the sysctl tree [1], breaking b4 > >>> for everyone else (as there's a "--- b4-submit-tracking ---" magic in > >>> the tree history now) on next-20240422 > >>> > >>> Please drop it (again, I'm only talking about this empty cover letter= ). > >> > >> Just to clarify, in case it is not obvious: > >> Please *do not merge your own trees* into kernel.org repos. Instead use > >> b4 shazam to pick up entire patchset, even if it is yours. b4 allows to > >> merge/apply also the cover letter, if this is your intention. > >> > >> With b4 shazam you would get proper Link tags and not break everyone's > >> b4 workflow on next. :/ > >=20 > > I was expecting this to happen at some point. :/ > >=20 > > Note, that you can still use b4 and merge your own trees, but you need= =20 > > to switch to using a different cover letter strategy: > >=20 > > [b4] > > prep-cover-strategy =3D branch-description >=20 > Yes, but you still won't have: > 1. Link tags > 2. Nice thank-you letters > 3. Auto-collecting review/tested/ack tags >=20 > So sure, maintainer can even cherry-pick patches, use patch or manually > edit git objects and then update git refs, but that's not the point. :) >=20 > Just use b4 shazam, it's so awesome tool. I'll try this out going forward (instead of chaning the cover letter strategy) Thx again. 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