Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/mm: Use IPIs to synchronize LAM enablement

[Yosry Ahmed]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:35 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 09:23:48AM -0700, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > Sure, although I am kinda familiar with that. It would be useful to
> > point out what part(s) I may be violating :)
>
> Are you kidding?
>
> Dave just told you.
>
> Lemme paste the whole text for you:
>
> "Don't get discouraged - or impatient
>
> After you have submitted your change, be patient and wait. Reviewers are
> busy people and may not get to your patch right away.
>
> Once upon a time, patches used to disappear into the void without
> comment, but the development process works more smoothly than that now.
> You should receive comments within a few weeks (typically 2-3); if that
> does not happen, make sure that you have sent your patches to the right
> place. Wait for a minimum of one week before resubmitting or pinging
> reviewers - possibly longer during busy times like merge windows."
>
> https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html

Thanks for sharing that. I have always assumed this was about pinging
or resending patches when reviews are taking too long. In this case, I
was responding to review comments. Maybe I misinterpreted that.

Anyway, sending a new version in the same day is too fast regardless.
I did admit that already. My bad again :)