[PATCH v2 1/1] spi: use dmaengine_desc_set_callback()

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Thu Nov 5 01:34:16 PST 2026


On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 10:07:30AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 05/11/2026 10:04, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 11:54:56PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 04/11/2026 21:41, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> But sure, if we want to play such numbers game, I will be sending
> >>>> reviews for single lines.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not playing anything. The problem is that the patch unites the files that
> >>> have distinct maintainers and unrelated to each other code. That's why in the
> >>> subsystems I maintain, I almost always require to split on per-driver basis.
> >>> Yes, exceptions are possible, but has to be quite rare.
> >>
> >> That's independent problem. Patch could be split, but it was not. Since
> >> it was not, receiving end should act accordingly, e.g. when performing
> >> incomplete review of only part of the patch, do not call that entire
> >> patch was reviewed by giving the Rb tag, but give Ack tag.
> > 
> > No, (partial) Rb != Ack.
> 
> It is, because there is no partial Rb tag.
> 
> There is partial review, but not partial Rb tag, please see exactly
> submitting patches. It repeats the same in three separate places:
> 
> "Acked-by.... user may not have carried out a technical review of the
> patch,yet they may be satisfied ..."
> 
> "Reviewed-by:, instead, indicates that the patch has been reviewed and
> found acceptable according to the Reviewer's Statement:"
> 
> Above important: "THE PATCH"
> 
> It is not "the patch or its parts"
> 
> Further:
> 
> "I state that:
> (a) I have carried out a technical review of *this* patch to evaluate
> its appropriateness and readiness for inclusion into  the mainline kernel."
> 
> And further:
> 
> "A Reviewed-by tag is a statement of opinion that *the patch* is an"
> 
> In three places it is THIS or THE patch. Complete (exhaustive) list of
> options what can be reviewed to get the credit and give statement of
> oversight.
> 
> Statement of oversight DOES NOT include "part of the patch".

So, it means I MUST from now on REQUIRE a split before reviewing.
Right?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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