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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1C2C38A02 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:43:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229936AbiJ1WnF (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:43:05 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44912 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229441AbiJ1WnB (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:43:01 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4379D1BA1EF for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:43:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E03B562AC3 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B75AFC433D6; Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:42:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1666996980; bh=34c6l6gV15ZGIVGR9RSKf5GQmfOYDa5a8AkQQVHMlEs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=KMvpcmeK0wFUUVxkzsszNeUeYKc5PFKsAk8Q+SQjcPlDSNkEoY/bzPhfWfKWVT1ZX 0Nou8iS1eOMO4r4WXjqCXRDUjqaEbYXWZc5yS0WfEEBSzpL8sg4xh6/Nvawqj/TYTD NlVc92neML8BvmoiIoeszV35JYxEr0weFKgn8rO6kTJzF8N4RWnplK0DIb/kpe3Vif Oj4iKYjbjNJT7tcnNwZ45JCNL5pv5IpLss7yem0OuPk7TeJdWiYuBMAwblUoCuW/t1 07W0C0c0+VqSMCH0RgC2XqKVjfrxroiqXg8MH1t8bibFB6FokUPlQzvz0eK8e2KpwU CW8i9AbPis2Ew== Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:42:55 +0100 From: Conor Dooley To: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Conor Dooley , waterdev@galaxycrow.de, Paul Walmsley , aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] riscv: fix styling in ucontext header Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 03:23:21PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:20:44 PDT (-0700), Conor Dooley wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:07:58PM +0200, Cleo John wrote: > > > > > > Hey, because I am new to Kernel submissions I wanted to ask if there is a way for me to see / track how far this commit has gone in the pipeline of commits? > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/patch/20221010182848.GA28029@watet-ms7b87/ > > > > IIRC you sent the patch during the merge window, so it wouldn't be > > applied for v6.1-rc1. You'll get an email from the patchwork-bot when it > > gets applied. > > Yep, this is one of the more confusing parts of the Linux development > process for new folks (or at least was for me when I was new): you send a Nope, was the case for me too. Same applies to most subsystems, think probably places like netdev are good in that regard as their review cadence is really good. > patch and it's not super clear what's going to happen to it for a while. > The merge window is generally a pretty hectic time, so stuff like this > that's not fixing a bug or adding some frameware that other patches depend > on can kind of get lost in the shuffle. > > I always feel kind of bad for folks about that, but patchwork should help > some here as at least we can get the smaller stuff called out. Yeah, hopefully patchwork helps. If we keep on top of it & over time it'll get more useful for infrequent contributors - but for first time contributors I'm not sure what to do other than for people that notice it is a first time contributor to be helpful to them?