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=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,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 53E5CC282E1 for ; Sat, 25 May 2019 02:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F9D217D7 for ; Sat, 25 May 2019 02:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="UYLFZkl8" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726553AbfEYCMz (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 22:12:55 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-f194.google.com ([209.85.210.194]:37214 "EHLO mail-pf1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726267AbfEYCMy (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 May 2019 22:12:54 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-f194.google.com with SMTP id a23so6342709pff.4 for ; Fri, 24 May 2019 19:12:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=FRDE8zF4HYPjOCqdG8lC3nxgKH0V38BmEnSIPI9sFw8=; b=UYLFZkl8IJmwIFCA8qvyNuh98srotDtLaopvcyJPJBLxAtsP0W+4Gera1xQDqnmH0a 1TOxqqwGQx1haiv7yQR6sbE7OLPiYwEA2Pi7kVdrA13+9y5TUUuaVwC+RzhQRmUQA6Fj mE5qL38rueRbbBqdQZCYf5Jpvz4qaku6mEeSvPK6i4IVsEckGj4EyKhZSBssXxRSpgDg W0FwziDBRN8K5tebnLX/cSBHQGn+SYOnBFanpPu/ATm8RtoWZ1JFZ8xksXwhIt0GZt/T XUtjE69uCy672Ls6dXrMtATF4JHahBdKhj00kMivKDZp0D/0oMc957OyuNQs4m2O64Yt jozw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=FRDE8zF4HYPjOCqdG8lC3nxgKH0V38BmEnSIPI9sFw8=; b=UgfQwEfj0iVkAkocllKAYxS68DOoWD/ol/FXRc3eC4Zy33/BFKx1mB3MW1Kn+ae6O1 ac9SASR2DPZsxfmSFzoGtT/zocNNrwSL9xQzwXZW+jvPyBxOe1Y7veE7Cw4yJq95djoD 0gM/cRgn4gkU5EShklKDn6DWyaf0bCk4YpmXyLqv5FkLw/0LsGQIj8lwKEBUFnBlVRHZ mhbfNHnOYCTZvGqN+p1ChGNyjZqlc1Um0jG/RkgoVjfvYcbxgXOVvf/7kIhXEuUPGShM f5OKXAmIX/HyQ10q37q2KEeHW817cclNtQX5gP+MB+B2mIaaY81Gpq5JmTIGpsBeMvY+ SxMw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUEXKkiLIxnucdrDG9Y4PKDmDqbwRGpWSMnWUZbgZlbHFbHGTP0 0Sanih55JLGv/7CfuCRvWy+Ilc+l/rM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqypLIELMrs+fdRtN94TJOHWAuh6nlm9jd5xqNsuV+tcwc54hP0RiDLjIuah0akPCGFCKJIAEw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:808a:: with SMTP id c10mr13269730pjn.67.1558750374065; Fri, 24 May 2019 19:12:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zhanggen-UX430UQ ([66.42.35.75]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d13sm4331537pfh.113.2019.05.24.19.12.51 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 24 May 2019 19:12:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 10:12:41 +0800 From: Gen Zhang To: Randy Dunlap Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [A General Question] What should I do after getting Reviewed-by from a maintainer? Message-ID: <20190525021241.GA11472@zhanggen-UX430UQ> References: <20190523011723.GA15242@zhanggen-UX430UQ> <7510e8a7-3567-fc22-d8e3-6d6142c06ff3@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7510e8a7-3567-fc22-d8e3-6d6142c06ff3@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 04:21:36PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 5/22/19 6:17 PM, Gen Zhang wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > I am starting submitting patches these days and got some patches > > "Reviewed-by" from maintainers. After checking the > > submitting-patches.html, I figured out what "Reviewed-by" means. But I > > didn't get the guidance on what to do after getting "Reviewed-by". > > Am I supposed to send this patch to more maintainers? Or something else? > > Thanks > > Gen > > > > [Yes, I am not Andrew. ;] > > Patches should be sent to a maintainer who is responsible for merging > changes for the driver or $arch or subsystem. > And they should also be Cc-ed to the appropriate mailing list(s) and > source code author(s), usually [unless they are no longer active]. > > Some source files have author email addresses in them. > Or in a kernel git tree, you can use "git log path/to/source/file.c" to see > who has been making & merging patches to that file.c. > Probably the easiest thing to do is run ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl and > it will try to tell you who to send the patch to. > > HTH. > -- > ~Randy Thanks for your patient instructions, Randy! I alrady figured it out. Thanks Gen