Advice about the linux kernel development process

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 04:39:15PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been working in the KSPP task number 20: "Enable -Wcast-function-type
> globally" [1] but now I have some questions about the development process.
> 
> I sent a v3 patch for the firewire subsystem [2] and a v5 patch series for
> the acpi/irqchip subsystems [3]. During the process I've received comments
> and suggestions about my work but now these two threads have no responses
> in three weeks.
> 
> When I've send patches to the staging area if they have no responses, in a
> few days I received a mail from Greg to tell me that the specific patch had
> been applied to one of the branches of his git tree.
> 
> Now, what it's the correct workflow out of the staging area? Are these
> patches in a process of been applied or have they been forgotten? Do I need
> to insist? And how?
> 
> [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/20200530090839.7895-1-oscar.carter@gmx.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-hardening/20200530143430.5203-1-oscar.carter@gmx.com/

Each subsystem works in different ways, but almost always, after 3
weeks, you can send a nice response to your patches of "hey, any
comments on this?" if you haven't heard anything.

Note that during the 2 week merge window, developers can not take new
patches, so that sometimes does cause extra delays.

good luck!

greg k-h