On Wed, 2018-10-24 at 08:15 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 24-10-18 10:47:52, Arun KS wrote: > > On 2018-10-24 01:34, Kees Cook wrote: > [...] > > > Thank you -- I was struggling to figure out the best way to reply to > > > this. :) > > I'm sorry for the trouble caused. Sent the email using, > > git send-email --to-cmd="scripts/get_maintainer.pl -i" > > 0001-convert-totalram_pages-totalhigh_pages-and-managed_p.patch > > > > Is this not a recommended approach? > > Not really for tree wide mechanical changes. It is much more preferrable > IMHO to only CC people who should review the intention of the change > rather than each and every maintainer whose code is going to be changed. > This is a case by case thing of course but as soon as you see a giant CC > list from get_maintainer.pl then you should try to think twice to use > it. If not sure, just ask on the mailing list. Generally, it's better to use scripts to control the --to-cmd and --cc-cmd options. Something like what I detailed here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/14/482
