Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/12] virtnet_net: prepare for af-xdp

[Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>]

On Thu, 30 May 2024 18:55:17 -0700, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2024 09:40:14 +0800 Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 May 2024 19:54:44 +0800, Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 30 May 2024 07:53:17 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > It's great that you are working on this but
> > > > I'd like to see the actual use of this first.
> > >
> > >
> > > For me, that is easy. But how should we do, if we use one patch set,
> > > then the commit number maybe 26, that exceeds 15 (limit of the net next).
> >
> > Hi, Jakub
> >
> > There will be a huge patch set (about 25) to support AF-XDP for virtio-net.
> > Can I just post this huge patch set if the maintainers of virtio-net agree?
>
> First of all, I see you posted v2 within 4 hours of v1, without really
> waiting for Michael to reply.

Because I was checking the code, I found some commits need to be prepared also.

> So I guess that 15 patch rule is not the
> only one you intend to break?

Actually, that is the only one rule.

>
> On v1 Michael asked you to not do the rename, and start with AF_XDP
> support. Why don't you do that instead of asking me if you can break
> more rules?

Because if I don't rename the files, there will still be about 21 commits. For
me, I don't think this is the key. If I release everything in one patch set,
then I think Michael can understand why I want to rename the files.

Thanks.


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