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=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT 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 F39FCC004D3 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 06:15:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80FB2081B for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 06:15:51 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A80FB2081B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726587AbeJXOm1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:42:27 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42286 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726080AbeJXOm1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:42:27 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36843AC90; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 06:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:15:46 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Arun KS Cc: Kees Cook , Konstantin Khlebnikov , Joe Perches , LKML , linux-mm , Minchan Kim , Arun Sudhilal , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: convert totalram_pages, totalhigh_pages and managed_pages to atomic. Message-ID: <20181024061546.GY18839@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <1540229092-25207-1-git-send-email-arunks@codeaurora.org> <15247f54-53f3-83d4-6706-e9264b90ca7a@yandex-team.ru> <7a4fcbaee7efb71d2a3c6b403c090db4@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7a4fcbaee7efb71d2a3c6b403c090db4@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed 24-10-18 10:47:52, Arun KS wrote: > On 2018-10-24 01:34, Kees Cook wrote: [...] > > Thank you -- I was struggling to figure out the best way to reply to > > this. :) > I'm sorry for the trouble caused. Sent the email using, > git send-email --to-cmd="scripts/get_maintainer.pl -i" > 0001-convert-totalram_pages-totalhigh_pages-and-managed_p.patch > > Is this not a recommended approach? Not really for tree wide mechanical changes. It is much more preferrable IMHO to only CC people who should review the intention of the change rather than each and every maintainer whose code is going to be changed. This is a case by case thing of course but as soon as you see a giant CC list from get_maintainer.pl then you should try to think twice to use it. If not sure, just ask on the mailing list. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs