Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755924AbbDGNVd (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2015 09:21:33 -0400 Received: from cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.166.226]:25972 "EHLO cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755906AbbDGNVa (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2015 09:21:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 09:21:11 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Richard Weinberger Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ingo Molnar , Joe Perches , LKML , Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: about the flood of trivial patches and the Code of Conduct Message-ID: <20150407132111.GA6801@home.goodmis.org> References: <93bd3fb8db14c75508f7169840824539a3f89606.1427759010.git.joe@perches.com> <20150331085320.GR27490@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20150331090349.GA16604@gmail.com> <1427820400.10376.23.camel@perches.com> <20150407091246.GA9673@gmail.com> <20150407110049.GA11218@kroah.com> <20150407113212.GM21418@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <5523C487.5020804@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5523C487.5020804@nod.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.118:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1633 Lines: 38 On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 01:50:31PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > > > As per the other branch of this tree; an emphatic NO to that. The > > trivial tree is not a backdoor to bypass maintainers. Actual code > > changes do not get to go through any tree but the maintainer tree unless > > explicitly ACKed. > > I agree that the series in question is useless. > But if a patch is trivial it can go through the trivial tree. Only if they received an Acked-by from the maintainer of the code that it touches. That way, Peter does see the code that is changing. He doesn't need to take it through his tree, but the trivial maintainer must get his Acked-by, which shows that he did actually take a look at the patch and is fine with it going through another route. > By trivial I really mean *trivial* in terms of typos > and 80 character limit crap. Egad no. The 80 character limit is a guideline not set in stone. There's so many times I see people break up lines to avoid that limit and make the code uglier and more difficult to read. Again, that's a trivial change that would do more harm than good. > It has to be something which does not hurt and the maintainer > can safely ignore. I think the only change that could probably go in without an ack from the maintainer is a change that Peter already mentioned. Typos in comments that do not touch the actual code. -- Steve -- 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/