Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 015/161] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Apr 16 2018 - 09:31:08 EST


On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 14:42:51 +0000
Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 10:22:46AM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> >PS: I wonder how much time you give people to react before releasing
> >this. The number of autosel mails is increasing and I am involved
> >only in very small amount of them. I wonder if some other people
> >gets overwhelmed by this.
>
> My review cycle gives at least a week, and there's usually another week
> until Greg releases them.
>
> I know it's a lot of mails, but in reality it's a lot of commits that
> should go in -stable.
>
> Would a different format for review would make it easier?

I wonder if the "AUTOSEL" patches should at least have an "ack-by" from
someone before they are pulled in. Otherwise there may be some subtle
issues that can find their way into stable releases.

-- Steve