Hi, On 6/20/24 3:03 PM, SeongJae Park wrote: > Since DAMON has merged into the mainline, I periodically received some > questions around DAMON's mailing lists based workflow. The workflow is > not different from the normal ones that well documented, but it is also > true that it is not always easy and familiar for everyone. > > I personally overcame it by developing and using a simple tool, named > HacKerMaiL (hkml)[1]. Based on my experience, I believe it is matured > enough to be used for simple workflows like that of DAMON. Actually > some DAMON contributors and Linux kernel developers other than myself > told me they are using the tool. > > As DAMON maintainer, I also believe helping new DAMON community members > onboarding to the worklow is one of the most important parts of my > responsibilities. For the reason, the tool is announced[2] to support > DAMON community. To further increasing the visibility of the fact, > document the tool and the support plan on DAMON maintainer's profile. > > [1] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail > [2] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail/commit/3909dad91301 > > Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst b/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst > index 8213cf61d38a..aede61f2d6a8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst > +++ b/Documentation/mm/damon/maintainer-profile.rst > @@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ Mon-Fri) in PT (Pacific Time). The response to patches will occasionally be > slow. Do not hesitate to send a ping if you have not heard back within a week > of sending a patch. > > +Mailing tool > +------------ > + > +Like many other Linux kernel subsystems, DAMON uses the mailing lists > +(damon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx) as the major communication > +channel. There is a simple tool called HacKerMaiL (``hkml``) [8]_ , which is > +for people who are not very faimiliar with the mailing lists based familiar > +communication. The tool could particularly helpful for DAMON community members The tool could be particularly helpful > +since it is developed and maintained by DAMON maintainer. The tool is also > +officially announced to support DAMON and general Linux kernel developement development > +workflow. > + > +In other words, ``hkml`` [8]_ is a mailing tool for DAMON community, which > +DAMON maintainer is committed to support. Please feel free to try and report > +issues or feature requests for the tool to the maintainer. > + > > .. [1] https://git.kernel.org/akpm/mm/h/mm-unstable > .. [2] https://git.kernel.org/sj/h/damon/next > @@ -61,3 +77,4 @@ of sending a patch. > .. [5] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/blob/master/corr/tests/kunit.sh > .. [6] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/corr > .. [7] https://github.com/awslabs/damon-tests/tree/master/perf > +.. [8] https://github.com/damonitor/hackermail -- ~Randy
