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[v2,0/6] drm/gud: Use the shadow plane helper

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Noralf Trønnes via B4 Relay Nov. 30, 2022, 7:26 p.m. UTC
Hi,

I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
helper.

When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
that before I move away from the simple kms helper.

The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
default flushing stategy.

Noralf.

Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>

---
Changes in v2:
- Drop patch (Thomas):
  drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
- Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
- Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
- New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org

---
Noralf Trønnes (6):
      drm/gud: Fix UBSAN warning
      drm/gud: Don't retry a failed framebuffer flush
      drm/gud: Split up gud_flush_work()
      drm/gud: Prepare buffer for CPU access in gud_flush_work()
      drm/gud: Use the shadow plane helper
      drm/gud: Enable synchronous flushing by default

 drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c      |   1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_internal.h |   1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c     | 222 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 3 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 7257702951305b1f0259c3468c39fc59d1ad4d8b
change-id: 20221122-gud-shadow-plane-ae37a95d4d8d

Best regards,

Comments

Greg Kroah-Hartman Dec. 1, 2022, 5:55 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:26:48PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
> helper.
> 
> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
> 
> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
> default flushing stategy.
> 
> Noralf.
> 
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop patch (Thomas):
>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
Noralf Trønnes Dec. 1, 2022, 10 a.m. UTC | #2
Den 01.12.2022 06.55, skrev Greg KH:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:26:48PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
>> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
>> helper.
>>
>> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
>> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
>> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
>>
>> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
>> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
>> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
>> default flushing stategy.
>>
>> Noralf.
>>
>> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
>> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
>>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Drop patch (Thomas):
>>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
>> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
>> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
>> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org
> 
> <formletter>
> 
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.
> 
> </formletter>

Care to elaborate?
Is it because stable got the whole patchset and not just the one fix
patch that cc'ed stable?

This patchset was sent using the b4 tool and I can't control this
aspect. Everyone mentioned in the patches gets the whole set.

Noralf.
Greg Kroah-Hartman Dec. 1, 2022, 12:12 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 11:00:44AM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> 
> Den 01.12.2022 06.55, skrev Greg KH:
> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:26:48PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
> >> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
> >> helper.
> >>
> >> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
> >> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
> >> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
> >>
> >> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
> >> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
> >> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
> >> default flushing stategy.
> >>
> >> Noralf.
> >>
> >> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
> >> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> >> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> - Drop patch (Thomas):
> >>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
> >> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
> >> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
> >> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
> >> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org
> > 
> > <formletter>
> > 
> > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> > stable kernel tree.  Please read:
> >     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> > for how to do this properly.
> > 
> > </formletter>
> 
> Care to elaborate?
> Is it because stable got the whole patchset and not just the one fix
> patch that cc'ed stable?

That is what triggered this, yes.

> This patchset was sent using the b4 tool and I can't control this
> aspect. Everyone mentioned in the patches gets the whole set.

Fair enough, but watch out, bots will report this as being a problem as
they can't always read through all patches in a series to notice this...

thanks,

greg k-h
Noralf Trønnes Dec. 1, 2022, 1:14 p.m. UTC | #4
Den 01.12.2022 13.12, skrev Greg KH:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 11:00:44AM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>>
>>
>> Den 01.12.2022 06.55, skrev Greg KH:
>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:26:48PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
>>>> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
>>>> helper.
>>>>
>>>> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
>>>> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
>>>> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
>>>>
>>>> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
>>>> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
>>>> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
>>>> default flushing stategy.
>>>>
>>>> Noralf.
>>>>
>>>> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
>>>> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
>>>> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>>>> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Changes in v2:
>>>> - Drop patch (Thomas):
>>>>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
>>>> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
>>>> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
>>>> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
>>>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org
>>>
>>> <formletter>
>>>
>>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
>>> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>>>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>>> for how to do this properly.
>>>
>>> </formletter>
>>
>> Care to elaborate?
>> Is it because stable got the whole patchset and not just the one fix
>> patch that cc'ed stable?
> 
> That is what triggered this, yes.
> 
>> This patchset was sent using the b4 tool and I can't control this
>> aspect. Everyone mentioned in the patches gets the whole set.
> 
> Fair enough, but watch out, bots will report this as being a problem as
> they can't always read through all patches in a series to notice this...
> 

Konstantin,

Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
(stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?

Noralf.
Greg Kroah-Hartman Dec. 1, 2022, 1:21 p.m. UTC | #5
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:14:42PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> 
> Den 01.12.2022 13.12, skrev Greg KH:
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 11:00:44AM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Den 01.12.2022 06.55, skrev Greg KH:
> >>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:26:48PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
> >>>> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
> >>>> helper.
> >>>>
> >>>> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
> >>>> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
> >>>> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
> >>>>
> >>>> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
> >>>> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
> >>>> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
> >>>> default flushing stategy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Noralf.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
> >>>> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> >>>> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
> >>>>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> Changes in v2:
> >>>> - Drop patch (Thomas):
> >>>>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
> >>>> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
> >>>> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
> >>>> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
> >>>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org
> >>>
> >>> <formletter>
> >>>
> >>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> >>> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
> >>>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> >>> for how to do this properly.
> >>>
> >>> </formletter>
> >>
> >> Care to elaborate?
> >> Is it because stable got the whole patchset and not just the one fix
> >> patch that cc'ed stable?
> > 
> > That is what triggered this, yes.
> > 
> >> This patchset was sent using the b4 tool and I can't control this
> >> aspect. Everyone mentioned in the patches gets the whole set.
> > 
> > Fair enough, but watch out, bots will report this as being a problem as
> > they can't always read through all patches in a series to notice this...
> > 
> 
> Konstantin,
> 
> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?

stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
messed with.

As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
Javier Martinez Canillas Dec. 1, 2022, 1:34 p.m. UTC | #6
Hello Greg,

On 12/1/22 14:21, Greg KH wrote:

[...]

>>>> This patchset was sent using the b4 tool and I can't control this
>>>> aspect. Everyone mentioned in the patches gets the whole set.
>>>
>>> Fair enough, but watch out, bots will report this as being a problem as
>>> they can't always read through all patches in a series to notice this...
>>>
>>
>> Konstantin,
>>
>> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
>> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
> 
> stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
> messed with.
> 
> As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
> patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
>

Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.

So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@vger.kernel.org when
sending a set or stable@vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.
Konstantin Ryabitsev Dec. 1, 2022, 2:16 p.m. UTC | #7
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> Konstantin,
> >>
> >> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
> >> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
> > 
> > stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
> > messed with.
> > 
> > As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
> > patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
> >
> 
> Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
> go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
> problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
> individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.
> 
> So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@vger.kernel.org when
> sending a set or stable@vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.

I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers:

- Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series
- Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches

Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise.

-K
Javier Martinez Canillas Dec. 1, 2022, 2:20 p.m. UTC | #8
On 12/1/22 15:16, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>>> Konstantin,
>>>>
>>>> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
>>>> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
>>>
>>> stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
>>> messed with.
>>>
>>> As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
>>> patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
>>>
>>
>> Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
>> go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
>> problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
>> individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.
>>
>> So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@vger.kernel.org when
>> sending a set or stable@vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.
> 
> I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers:
> 
> - Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series
> - Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches
>

I think that make sense. It's similar to how for example patman works.
 
> Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise.
> 

On the contrary, thanks a lot for working on this tool and for being
that responsive to the feedback.
Vlastimil Babka Dec. 1, 2022, 2:27 p.m. UTC | #9
On 12/1/22 15:16, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>>> Konstantin,
>>>>
>>>> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
>>>> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
>>>
>>> stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
>>> messed with.
>>>
>>> As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
>>> patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
>>>
>>
>> Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
>> go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
>> problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
>> individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.
>>
>> So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@vger.kernel.org when
>> sending a set or stable@vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.
> 
> I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers:
> 
> - Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series
> - Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches

I usually do that with git send-email and a custom --cc-cmd script, but 
additionally it sends the cover letter also to everyone that's on any 
individual patch's Cc, so everyone gets at least the cover letter + 
their specific patch(es).

But that extra logic could be optional.

> Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise.
> 
> -K
>
Mark Brown Dec. 1, 2022, 2:32 p.m. UTC | #10
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 03:27:32PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> I usually do that with git send-email and a custom --cc-cmd script, but
> additionally it sends the cover letter also to everyone that's on any
> individual patch's Cc, so everyone gets at least the cover letter + their
> specific patch(es).

> But that extra logic could be optional.

Yeah, without the cover letter if you've just got an individual patch it
can be unclear what's going on with dependencies and so on for getting
the patches merged.
Noralf Trønnes Dec. 1, 2022, 8:52 p.m. UTC | #11
Den 01.12.2022 15.16, skrev Konstantin Ryabitsev:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>>> Konstantin,
>>>>
>>>> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@vger.kernel.org
>>>> (stable@kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
>>>
>>> stable@kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
>>> messed with.
>>>
>>> As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
>>> patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
>>>
>>
>> Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
>> go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
>> problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
>> individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.
>>
>> So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@vger.kernel.org when
>> sending a set or stable@vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.
> 
> I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers:
> 
> - Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series
> - Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches
> 

That should cover my use cases. I can now do 'b4 prep --auto-to-cc' and
then trim down the cc list in the cover letter if necessary.

> Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise.
> 

Thanks for getting it right. b4 can replace parts of my own tooling and
do it smoother so I think I'll continue to use it.

Noralf.
Noralf Trønnes Dec. 6, 2022, 3:57 p.m. UTC | #12
Den 30.11.2022 20.26, skrev Noralf Trønnes via B4 Submission Endpoint:
> Hi,
> 
> I have started to look at igt for testing and want to use CRC tests. To
> implement support for this I need to move away from the simple kms
> helper.
> 
> When looking around for examples I came across Thomas' nice shadow
> helper and thought, yes this is perfect for drm/gud. So I'll switch to
> that before I move away from the simple kms helper.
> 
> The async framebuffer flushing code path now uses a shadow buffer and
> doesn't touch the framebuffer when it shouldn't. I have also taken the
> opportunity to inline the synchronous flush code path and make this the
> default flushing stategy.
> 
> Noralf.
> 
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop patch (Thomas):
>   drm/gem: shadow_fb_access: Prepare imported buffers for CPU access
> - Use src as variable name for iosys_map (Thomas)
> - Prepare imported buffer for CPU access in the driver (Thomas)
> - New patch: make sync flushing the default (Thomas)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122-gud-shadow-plane-v1-0-9de3afa3383e@tronnes.org
> 
> ---
> Noralf Trønnes (6):
>       drm/gud: Fix UBSAN warning
>       drm/gud: Don't retry a failed framebuffer flush
>       drm/gud: Split up gud_flush_work()
>       drm/gud: Prepare buffer for CPU access in gud_flush_work()
>       drm/gud: Use the shadow plane helper
>       drm/gud: Enable synchronous flushing by default
> 

Applied to drm-misc-next, thanks for reviewing!

Noralf.
Daniel Vetter Jan. 5, 2023, 12:35 p.m. UTC | #13
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:32:15PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 03:27:32PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> 
> > I usually do that with git send-email and a custom --cc-cmd script, but
> > additionally it sends the cover letter also to everyone that's on any
> > individual patch's Cc, so everyone gets at least the cover letter + their
> > specific patch(es).
> 
> > But that extra logic could be optional.
> 
> Yeah, without the cover letter if you've just got an individual patch it
> can be unclear what's going on with dependencies and so on for getting
> the patches merged.

+1 on including the cover letter for any recipient. If b4 can do this
right by default, that would be a really good reason for me to look into
it and switch.
-Daniel
Konstantin Ryabitsev Jan. 5, 2023, 4 p.m. UTC | #14
On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 01:35:37PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > Yeah, without the cover letter if you've just got an individual patch it
> > can be unclear what's going on with dependencies and so on for getting
> > the patches merged.
> 
> +1 on including the cover letter for any recipient. If b4 can do this
> right by default, that would be a really good reason for me to look into
> it and switch.

That's the behaviour in the latest releases. I will release 0.11.2 later today
with some hotfixes, so if you want to try it out, that's the version I'd
recommend.

-K