From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.mindbit.ro (xs1.mindbit.ro [80.86.107.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8ED83262FC1 for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2026 00:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.86.107.70 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788569214; cv=none; b=EjOTlHjiYrvZG8QEoFUGfUFMoPrBs/ZQuOMIJXwi2kbNJ7gPQc7sJ2CpJHkYUXpgMwBvu7H6dALyRd387EP9l7C8ayAYMDd7botbn+mgB7Tr2GyVTB+RUwRuoYbZiTGO0c1I7V+pwmrVJyvjAX+5JEwFr7tPWNEdO+IbrbI/8Ag= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788569214; c=relaxed/simple; bh=SwCh9Ld1JOdq2P1NYMKZndipV6XqTb9tvIWRkfYlK6g=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=QdHEpQqBTnft+ZJ1ROBPIhkply0hMP0mmdrvyrveq+OBx2F9xy0lCgA8Z5aQiTht+ege1KtNy5nRkFST7DsK3Sbi5sUMxsEJOLNjiIDxmAhjLetwV1AiU8e2cE2kUR4NizzQNdVVDxcf5/RE2Df0OhZZYackEZD6wXceej037jU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=rendec.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=rendec.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=rendec.net header.i=@rendec.net header.b=J96grHf2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.86.107.70 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=rendec.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=rendec.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=rendec.net header.i=@rendec.net header.b="J96grHf2" Received: from dog.kanata.rendec.net (pool-174-112-193-187.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [174.112.193.187]) by mail.mindbit.ro (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 46CE9C2AEE; Sat, 5 Sep 2026 03:46:41 +0300 (EEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mail.mindbit.ro 46CE9C2AEE DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rendec.net; s=default; t=1788569202; bh=SwCh9Ld1JOdq2P1NYMKZndipV6XqTb9tvIWRkfYlK6g=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=J96grHf2SOphrttK7FzcYLqiA882B2VNzMTii/hBrr345ASQqtHBDMTUkvNbT0aUA 4yDthPWWcLTeGrku7JDU0pwaDBud41inkc+RmsRtNv1pRD15x0h+q6Gdf53gTzFp65 9UCizr98DRVRJO9s6gaxjpiCKTvTiQLk4L2MCqOYHIyT7B7cCxhsRtQ3RknxubG2j8 BcEUtlmnCW9aS0py3srFk6Jyy2V4/3PhaOGzuhpE0vS+vo58SweQpT7lgP7ttuJeLU wCqFvdPNK8iQepfVzwjkdmFv9MV9X4V1clIWRO1fugv6NfcpsjocyLDsKrHC5fUTsK lWwk0eHh3uHDQ== Message-ID: Subject: Re: Interrupt chip driver maintainence From: Radu Rendec To: Thomas Gleixner , LKML Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Marc Zyngier , Anup Patel , Paul Walmsley Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:46:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871pb9841j.ffs@fw13> References: <871pb9841j.ffs@fw13> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.58.3 (3.58.3-1.fc43) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Fri, 2026-09-04 at 16:49 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > I'm wading through my inbox full of patches for interrupt chip drivers > and I'm thoroughly annoyed. The way how this works today is not > sustainable. >=20 > Patches end up in my and Radu's inbox and all we can do is go through > them mostly on a formal basis, but it's out of our scope to look at the > correctness vs. a particular hardware. In the past I just picked up > patches when I had the gut feeling they are remotely correct, but I'm > tired of this. >=20 > I've just marked about 20 patches and patch series obsolete due to zero > feedback from the relevant architecture/SoC people who were on Cc. >=20 > And I'm going to do that from now on very consequently. If the > architecture, SoC experts can't be bothered to look after their stuff, > then don't expect me to suck all of this crap up and then deal with the > complaints when it breaks. >=20 > I'm still going to pick up obvious and simple bug fixes, but for > anything which requires deep knowledge on the underlying hardware, I'm > going to just mark them obsolete when they molded in my inbox unreviewed > by the people who understand it for six weeks. I think that's fair! For what it's worth, as a simple reviewer, I also consciously ignored multiple patches that required knowledge of the hardware, simply because I didn't have that knowledge. --=20 Best regards, Radu