From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933982AbeCGQfP (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:35:15 -0500 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:33956 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933487AbeCGQfL (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:35:11 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 RESEND] tpm: add longer timeouts for creation commands. From: Mimi Zohar To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: James Bottomley , "Winkler, Tomas" , Jarkko Sakkinen , Jason Gunthorpe , "Usyskin, Alexander" , "linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org" , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:35:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20180307085454.2c820a13@lwn.net> References: <20180304121205.16934-1-tomas.winkler@intel.com> <20180305125642.GA3425@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9422E21E@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> <20180306074932.GB3624@linux.intel.com> <5B8DA87D05A7694D9FA63FD143655C1B9422EFFE@hasmsx108.ger.corp.intel.com> <1520353933.5393.21.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1520361396.10396.396.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20180307085454.2c820a13@lwn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.20.5 (3.20.5-1.fc24) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18030716-0008-0000-0000-000004D8FDAE X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18030716-0009-0000-0000-00001E6C19F9 Message-Id: <1520440503.10396.534.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2018-03-07_07:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1803070190 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2018-03-07 at 08:54 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:36:36 -0500 > Mimi Zohar wrote: > > > I've heard that some maintainers are moving away from cover letters, > > since they are not include in the git repo and are lost. > > If I get a patch series with a cover letter that should be preserved, I > apply the series in a branch then do a no-ff merge; the cover letter can > then go into the merge commit. There's no reason why cover letters need to > be lost. Thanks, Jon. That sounds like a really, good idea. Some maintainers are saying to put the Changelog after the "---" so that it isn't included in the patch description. One of the reasons for including the Changelog in the patch description, is to credit people with bug fixes, important rework of the patch, etc. Do you have any thoughts on this? Mimi