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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AUTOSEL process
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:25:57 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y/1YJWs355TimFz1@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y/1QV9mQ31wbqFnp@sashalap>

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 07:52:39PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > > > Nothing has changed, but that doesn't mean that your process is actually
> > > > working.  7 days might be appropriate for something that looks like a security
> > > > fix, but not for a random commit with no indications it is fixing anything.
> > > 
> > > How do we know if this is working or not though? How do you quantify the
> > > amount of useful commits?
> > 
> > Sasha, 7 days is too short.  People have to be allowed to take holiday.
> 
> That's true, and I don't have strong objections to making it longer. How
> often did it happen though? We don't end up getting too many replies
> past the 7 day window.
> 
> I'll bump it to 14 days for a few months and see if it changes anything.

It's not just for the review time, but also for the longer soak time in
mainline.

Of course, for that to work properly you have to actually take advantage of it,
for example by re-checking for fixes when actually applying the patch, not just
when sending the initial AUTOSEL email.  Which I hope you're doing already, but
who knows.

- Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-28  1:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-26  3:42 [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 01/21] ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: Fix refcount leak bug Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 02/21] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: Add additional A2NoC clocks Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 03/21] udf: Define EFSCORRUPTED error code Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 04/21] context_tracking: Fix noinstr vs KASAN Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 05/21] exit: Detect and fix irq disabled state in oops Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 06/21] ARM: dts: exynos: Use Exynos5420 compatible for the MIPI video phy Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 07/21] fs: Use CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() when kernel bugs are detected Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 08/21] blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 09/21] blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free_fn() is done Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 10/21] blk-cgroup: synchronize pd_free_fn() from blkg_free_workfn() and blkcg_deactivate_policy() Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 11/21] trace/blktrace: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 12/21] fs/super.c: stop calling fscrypt_destroy_keyring() from __put_super() Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  4:07   ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-26  5:30     ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-26 19:24       ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-26 19:33         ` Slade Watkins
2023-02-27 14:18         ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-27 17:47           ` AUTOSEL process Eric Biggers
2023-02-27 18:06             ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-27 20:39               ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-27 21:38                 ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-27 22:35                   ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-27 22:59                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-02-28  0:52                       ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-28  1:25                         ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2023-02-28  4:25                           ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-30  0:08                         ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-30 14:05                           ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-30 17:22                             ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-30 17:50                               ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-28  0:32                     ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-28  1:53                       ` Sasha Levin
2023-02-28  3:41                         ` Eric Biggers
2023-02-28 10:41                           ` Amir Goldstein
2023-02-28 11:28                             ` Greg KH
2023-03-01  2:05                               ` Slade Watkins
2023-03-01  5:13                                 ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-01  6:09                                   ` Greg KH
2023-03-01  7:22                                     ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-01  7:40                                       ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-01  8:31                                         ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-01  8:43                                           ` Greg KH
2023-03-01  6:06                                 ` Greg KH
2023-03-01  7:05                                   ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-01 10:31                               ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2023-03-01 13:26                               ` Mark Brown
2023-02-28 17:03                           ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-10 23:07                           ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 13:41                             ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-11 15:54                               ` James Bottomley
2023-03-11 18:07                                 ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-12 19:03                                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-03-07 21:18               ` Pavel Machek
2023-03-07 21:45                 ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11  6:25                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-03-11  8:11                     ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-11 11:45                       ` Pavel Machek
2023-03-11 12:29                         ` Greg KH
2023-03-21 12:41                           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2023-03-11 14:06                     ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-11 16:16                       ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-03-11 17:48                         ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 18:26                           ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-11 18:54                             ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 19:01                               ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 21:14                               ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-12  8:04                                 ` Amir Goldstein
2023-03-12 16:00                                   ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-13 17:41                               ` Greg KH
2023-03-13 18:54                                 ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-14 18:26                                   ` Greg KH
2023-03-11 20:17                             ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 21:02                               ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-12  4:23                                 ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-11 18:33                           ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-11 19:24                             ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 19:46                               ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-11 20:19                                 ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-11 20:59                                   ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-11 20:11                               ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-11 20:53                                 ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-12  4:32                                   ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-12  5:21                                     ` Eric Biggers
2023-03-12  5:48                                       ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-12  7:42                                       ` Amir Goldstein
2023-03-12 13:34                                         ` Mark Brown
2023-03-12 15:57                                         ` Sasha Levin
2023-03-12 13:55                                 ` Mark Brown
2023-03-11 22:38                       ` David Laight
2023-03-12  4:41                         ` Willy Tarreau
2023-03-12  5:09                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-03-14 14:12                             ` Jan Kara
2023-03-13  3:37             ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 13/21] sched/fair: sanitize vruntime of entity being placed Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 14/21] btrfs: scrub: improve tree block error reporting Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 15/21] arm64: zynqmp: Enable hs termination flag for USB dwc3 controller Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 16/21] cpuidle, intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_INIT_XSTATE Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 17/21] entry, kasan, x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 18/21] x86/fpu: Don't set TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD for PF_IO_WORKER threads Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 19/21] cpuidle: drivers: firmware: psci: Dont instrument suspend code Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 20/21] cpuidle: lib/bug: Disable rcu_is_watching() during WARN/BUG Sasha Levin
2023-02-26  3:42 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 21/21] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add Meteor Lake support Sasha Levin

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