When reviewers stop responding

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Wed Jun 22 05:34:28 EDT 2022


On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 06:20:04AM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> On 6/7/22 19:23, Greg KH wrote:
> > And again, please help review code, otherwise you are just asking others
> > to do work for you, which if you think about it, could be construed as a
> > bit selfish, and I don't think you mean it to be.
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> this applies to me. I promise to improve. But this topic is not enough
> advertised. Everywhere information about patches can be found. But how to do
> a correct Reviewed-by: or Tested-by: is not so good documented.
> 
> I bought hardware to improve and did one "Tested-by:" of the patch:
> 
> [PATCH v2 0/5] Fixed some coding style issues and spelling
> from Chang Yu <marcus.yu.56 at gmail.com>
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/91c9a0de-76f8-37fb-31b4-4401a6e35d48@gmail.com/T/#t
> 
> Did I do something wrong or was I just unlucky?
> 
> Is 24 hours quick enough response?

Sometimes, yes, it is.  Other times I get to patches quicker than that
as I batch them up and process them once or twice a week.  You just got
unlucky and reviewed it after I had applied the changes, but that was
not the case for your other series you reviewed today.

thanks for the review, it's always appreciated.

greg k-h



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