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Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:38:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] Documentation: netdev-FAQ: suggest how to post co-dependent series To: Jakub Kicinski , davem@davemloft.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, brouer@redhat.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it, stephen@networkplumber.org, ast@kernel.org References: <20201125041524.190170-1-kuba@kernel.org> From: David Ahern Message-ID: <3ddc9fac-b399-cd11-b5e7-e703e7dee855@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:38:56 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20201125041524.190170-1-kuba@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On 11/24/20 9:15 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > Make an explicit suggestion how to post user space side of kernel > patches to avoid reposts when patchwork groups the wrong patches. > > v2: mention the cases unlike iproute2 explicitly > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski > Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli > --- > Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst > index 21537766be4d..4b9ed5874d5a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst > +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst > @@ -254,6 +254,32 @@ you will have done run-time testing specific to your change, but at a > minimum, your changes should survive an ``allyesconfig`` and an > ``allmodconfig`` build without new warnings or failures. > > +Q: How do I post corresponding changes to user space components? > +---------------------------------------------------------------- > +A: User space code exercising kernel features should be posted > +alongside kernel patches. This gives reviewers a chance to see > +how any new interface is used and how well it works. > + > +When user space tools reside in the kernel repo itself all changes > +should generally come as one series. If series becomes too large > +or the user space project is not reviewed on netdev include a link > +to a public repo where user space patches can be seen. > + > +In case user space tooling lives in a separate repository but is > +reviewed on netdev (e.g. patches to `iproute2` tools) kernel and double space. besides that: Reviewed-by: David Ahern