On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM Deepak Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > I have a bugfix for a bug reported by Jesse Huang (thanks Jesse) in riscv > implementation of `map_shadow_stack`. > > Should I send a new series or only the bugfix-patch for implementation > of `map_shadow_stack` >
Hi Deepak, Not sure if I missed the bugfix patch, I couldn't find it on the mailing list. Could I know have you submitted it? If so, could you please point me where the patch is? Thanks > Let me know. Thanks. > > -Deepak > > -Deepak > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM Deepak Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 01:30:29AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote: > > >On Thu, 11 Dec 2025, Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay wrote: > > > > > >> v26: CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI depends on CONFIG_MMU (dependency of shadow > > >> stack > > >> on MMU). Used b4 to pick tags, apparantly it messed up some tag picks. > > >> Fixing it > > > > > >Deepak: I'm now (at least) the third person to tell you to stop resending > > >this entire series over and over again. > > > > To be very honest I also feel very bad doing and DOSing the lists. Sorry to > > you > > and everyone else. > > > > But I have been sitting on this patch series for last 3-4 merge windows with > > patches being exactly same/similar. So I have been a little more than > > desperate > > to get it in. > > > > I really haven't had any meaningful feedback on patch series except stalling > > just before each merge window for reasons which really shouldn't stall its > > merge. Sure that's the nature of open source development and it's > > maintainer's > > call at the end of the day. And I am new to this. I'll improve. > > > > > > > >First, a modified version of the CFI v23 series was ALREADY SITTING IN > > >LINUX-NEXT. So there's no reason you should be resending the entire > > >series, UNLESS your intention for me is to drop the entire existing series > > >and wait for another merge window. > > > > > >Second: when someone asks you questions about an individual patch, and you > > >want to answer those questions, it's NOT GOOD for you to resend the entire > > >28 series as the response! You are DDOSing a bunch of lists and E-mail > > >inboxes. Just answer the question in a single E-mail. If you want to > > >update a single patch, just send that one patch. > > > > Noted. I wasn't sure about it. I'll explicitly ask next time if you want me > > to > > send another one. > > > > > > > >If you don't start paying attention to these rules then people are going > > >to start ignoring you -- at best! -- and it's going to give the entire > > >community a bad reputation. > > > > Even before this, this patch series has been ignored largely. I don't know > > how to get attention. All I wanted was either feedback or get it in. And as > > I > > said I've been desparate to get it in. Also as I said, I'll improve. > > > > > > > >Please acknowledge that you understand this, > > > > ACKed. > > > > > > > > > > >- Paul
