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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: core: rtw_mlme_ext.c: Remove unused
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From:   Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@gmail.com>
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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:03:14 +0530
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On 10/06/19 12:55 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 12:44:05PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
>> On 10/06/19 11:19 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:08:21AM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
>>>> On 09/06/19 4:32 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 12:41:23PM +0530, Nishka Dasgupta wrote:
>>>>>> Remove variables that are declared and assigned values but not otherwise
>>>>>> used.
>>>>>> Issue found with Coccinelle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>     drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 9 ---------
>>>>>>     1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> You sent me 8 patches for this driver, yet only 2 were ordered in a
>>>>> series.  I have no idea what order to apply these in :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Please resend them _all_ in a numbered patch series so I have a chance
>>>>> to get this correct.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I can do that. Who do I send the patch series to in that case? The
>>>> maintainers list is slightly different for each file, and most of the
>>>> patches in this driver are for different and unrelated files (except, I
>>>> think, the two that I did send as a patch series). Do I combine the
>>>> maintainers lists and send the entire patch series to everyone listed as a
>>>> maintainer for any one of the patches in it?
>>>
>>> The maintainer and mailing list is the same for all of the files in a
>>> single driver.  If not, then something is wrong.
>>
>> I'm using get_maintainers.pl with no arguments, and for rtl8723bs, I am
>> getting a lot of different mailing lists.
>> E.g
>> For core/rtw_ieee80211.c, I'm getting the following list:
>> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>
>> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
>> Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@gmail.com>
>> Payal Kshirsagar <payal.s.kshirsagar.98@gmail.com>
>> Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@gmail.com>
>> devel@driverdev.osuosl.org (open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM)
>> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
>>
>> Which is not the same as for core/rtw_mlme_ext.c (the current patch).
>>
>>> And yes, you can combine the list of people if you wish but be sure you
>>> are not just randomly including people who happened to touch the driver
>>> "last".
>>
>> Okay, I'll combine then. But is there any metric I should be using to filter
>> the output of get_maintainer.pl? Currently I'm running it with no arguments
>> and just adding everyone.
> 
> Look at the "role" that each person has.  Here is the output of
> get_maintainer.pl when I run it on the first file above:
> 
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --file drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (supporter:STAGING SUBSYSTEM,commit_signer:16/16=100%)
> Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com> (commit_signer:14/16=88%,authored:14/16=88%,added_lines:43/59=73%,removed_lines:114/130=88%)
> Payal Kshirsagar <payal.s.kshirsagar.98@gmail.com> (commit_signer:1/16=6%,authored:1/16=6%,added_lines:3/59=5%)
> Hardik Singh Rathore <hardiksingh.k@gmail.com> (commit_signer:1/16=6%,authored:1/16=6%,added_lines:13/59=22%,removed_lines:13/130=10%)
> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> (commit_signer:1/16=6%)
> devel@driverdev.osuosl.org (open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM)
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
> 
> 
> That shows that "Greg Kroah-Hartman" is a reviewer for this subsystem,
> Michael and Payal and Hardik and Andy have all submitted patches
> "recently", and then devel@ is the mailing list for the patches to be
> sent to.
> 
> So, just include the maintainer and the mailing list and you will be
> fine.  No need to bother lkml with staging patches, nor the people who
> last sent cleanup patches.
> 
> hope this helps,

This helps a lot; thank you!

Nishka

> greg k-h
>