From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14551C432C0 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 21:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1CD2080D for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 21:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727047AbfKXVOP (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Nov 2019 16:14:15 -0500 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.31]:39088 "EHLO mga06.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726840AbfKXVOO (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Nov 2019 16:14:14 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga004.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.38]) by orsmga104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Nov 2019 13:14:14 -0800 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.69,239,1571727600"; d="scan'208";a="358651187" Received: from dwillia2-desk3.jf.intel.com (HELO dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.54.39.16]) by orsmga004-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Nov 2019 13:14:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] libnvdimm, MAINTAINERS: Maintainer Entry Profile From: Dan Williams To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: Vishal Verma , Dave Jiang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:59:58 -0800 Message-ID: <157462919825.1729495.5877405723948988416.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <157462918268.1729495.10257190766638995699.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <157462918268.1729495.10257190766638995699.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> User-Agent: StGit/0.18-3-g996c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Document the basic policies of the libnvdimm subsystem and provide a first example of a Maintainer Entry Profile for others to duplicate and edit. Cc: Vishal Verma Cc: Dave Jiang Signed-off-by: Dan Williams --- Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 4 + 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst diff --git a/Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst b/Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..77081fd9be95 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +LIBNVDIMM Maintainer Entry Profile +================================== + +Overview +-------- +The libnvdimm subsystem manages persistent memory across multiple +architectures. The mailing list, is tracked by patchwork here: +https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvdimm/list/ +...and that instance is configured to give feedback to submitters on +patch acceptance and upstream merge. Patches are merged to either the +'libnvdimm-fixes', or 'libnvdimm-for-next' branch. Those branches are +available here: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm.git/ + +In general patches can be submitted against the latest -rc, however if +the incoming code change is dependent on other pending changes then the +patch should be based on the libnvdimm-for-next branch. However, since +persistent memory sits at the intersection of storage and memory there +are cases where patches are more suitable to be merged through a +Filesystem or the Memory Management tree. When in doubt copy the nvdimm +list and the maintainers will help route. + +Submissions will be exposed to the kbuild robot for compile regression +testing. It helps to get a success notification from that infrastructure +before submitting, but it is not required. + + +Submit Checklist Addendum +------------------------- +There are unit tests for the subsystem via the ndctl utility: +https://github.com/pmem/ndctl +Those tests need to be passed before the patches go upstream, but not +necessarily before initial posting. Contact the list if you need help +getting the test environment set up. + +### ACPI Device Specific Methods (_DSM) +Before patches enabling for a new _DSM family will be considered it must +be assigned a format-interface-code from the NVDIMM Sub-team of the ACPI +Specification Working Group. In general, the stance of the subsystem is +to push back on the proliferation of NVDIMM command sets, do strongly +consider implementing support for an existing command set. See +drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h for the set of support command sets. + + +Key Cycle Dates +--------------- +New submissions can be sent at any time, but if they intend to hit the +next merge window they should be sent before -rc4, and ideally +stabilized in the libnvdimm-for-next branch by -rc6. Of course if a +patch set requires more than 2 weeks of review -rc4 is already too late +and some patches may require multiple development cycles to review. + + +Review Cadence +-------------- +In general, please wait up to one week before pinging for feedback. A +private mail reminder is preferred. Alternatively ask for other +developers that have Reviewed-by tags for libnvdimm changes to take a +look and offer their opinion. diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index e5d111a86e61..2be1e18a368e 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -9185,6 +9185,7 @@ M: Dan Williams M: Vishal Verma M: Dave Jiang L: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +P: Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvdimm/list/ S: Supported F: drivers/nvdimm/blk.c @@ -9195,6 +9196,7 @@ M: Vishal Verma M: Dan Williams M: Dave Jiang L: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +P: Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvdimm/list/ S: Supported F: drivers/nvdimm/btt* @@ -9204,6 +9206,7 @@ M: Dan Williams M: Vishal Verma M: Dave Jiang L: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +P: Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvdimm/list/ S: Supported F: drivers/nvdimm/pmem* @@ -9223,6 +9226,7 @@ M: Dave Jiang M: Keith Busch M: Ira Weiny L: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org +P: Documentation/nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile.rst Q: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvdimm/list/ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm.git S: Supported