Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752066AbaFFPgP (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:36:15 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:15521 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751939AbaFFPgN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:36:13 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,989,1392192000"; d="scan'208";a="524060113" From: "Allan, Bruce W" To: Joe Perches CC: "apw@canonical.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , postmaster Subject: RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum message size Thread-Topic: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum message size Thread-Index: AQHPgRqYmzGw4rMJHUaHraTqiFbMAptjwnYAgABqpnCAAH16gIAAAgkA//+LAnA= Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 15:35:58 +0000 Message-ID: <804857E1F29AAC47BF68C404FC60A18465623059@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <20140606000037.18356.720.stgit@gitlad.jf.intel.com> <1402018556.3038.2.camel@joe-AO725> <804857E1F29AAC47BF68C404FC60A18465622F2F@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> <1402068405.12513.5.camel@joe-AO725> <1402068842.12513.7.camel@joe-AO725> In-Reply-To: <1402068842.12513.7.camel@joe-AO725> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.138] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@perches.com] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 8:34 AM > To: Allan, Bruce W > Cc: apw@canonical.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; postmaster > Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when patch exceeds a maximum > message size > > On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 08:26 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 15:08 +0000, Allan, Bruce W wrote: > > > From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@perches.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:36 PM > > > > On Thu, 2014-06-05 at 17:00 -0700, Bruce Allan wrote: > > > > > the maximum message size (100,000 characters) allowed by > Majordomo at > > > > > vger.kernel.org since that is where most Linux email lists are served. > > > > I believe this is incorrect and the patch is unnecessary. > > > Actually, it is correct (it even says so at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html). > > where? > > Duh, near the very end it does have: > > Message size exceeding 100 000 characters causes blocking. > > But I believe that info is out of date. > If it is out of date, can you explain how/why we got stung by it? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/