Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86

From: Huang, Kai
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 06:05:04 EST


On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 10:16 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> +Timeline
> +~~~~~~~~
> +Submissions are typically reviewed and applied in FIFO order, with some wiggle
> +room for the size of a series, patches that are "cache hot", etc.  Fixes,
> +especially for the current release and or stable trees, get to jump the queue.
> +Patches that will be taken through a non-KVM tree (most often through the tip
> +tree) and/or have other acks/reviews also jump the queue to some extent.
> +
> +Note, the vast majority of review is done between rc1 and rc6, give or take.
> +The period between rc6 and the next rc1 is used to catch up on other tasks,
> +i.e. radio silence during this period isn't unusual.
> +
> +Pings to get a status update are welcome, but keep in mind the timing of the
> +current release cycle and have realistic expectations.  If you are pinging for
> +acceptance, i.e. not just for feedback or an update, please do everything you
> +can, within reason, to ensure that your patches are ready to be merged!  Pings
> +on series that break the build or fail tests lead to unhappy maintainers!
> +

It seems you don't like resending patch as a ping:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230410031021.4145297-1-alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx/t/#md30aa77e5c2592b5b1fb0401d14e6fdbf52c2e06

Do you want to include this to the documentation too?