Re: [PATCH v4 16/27] net/iavf: remove remnants of pipeline mode

Bruce Richardson
2026-02-17T13:00:48Z

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 01:51:54PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 2/16/2026 6:16 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 10:26:27AM +0000, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> > > When pipeline mode was removed, some of the things used by pipelines were
> > > left in the code. Remove them as they are unused.
> > >
> >
> > This needs a fixes tag to point to the removal.
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_fdir.c | 1 -
> > > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_fsub.c | 1 -
> > > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.h | 15 ---------------
> > > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_hash.c | 1 -
> > > drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_ipsec_crypto.c | 1 -
> > > 5 files changed, 19 deletions(-)
> > >
>
> Well it's technically not a *bug* so I'm not sure if having a Fixes: tag is
> worth it here. We're not fixing anything that is broken.
>
Well, I'd view it as a bug, but agreed that it has no user visible
consequences so no point in Ccing stable and backporting etc. Therefore
omitting a fixes is ok, I suppose.

/Bruce