Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] sfc: expose CTPIO stats on NICs that support them

[Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>]

On 19/12/17 20:42, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:20:36 -0800
>
>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:06:36 +0000, Edward Cree wrote:
>>> From: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com>
>>>
>>> While the Linux driver doesn't use CTPIO ('cut-through programmed I/O'),
>>>  other drivers on the same port might, so if we're responsible for
>>>  reporting per-port stats we need to include the CTPIO stats.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
>> FWIW this is missing a sign-off from Bert.
> Edward, please fix this and resubmit.
FWIW, our practice hitherto at Solarflare for patches written internally
 has been to apply the SOB at the point of upstream submission; the
 submitter is the person certifying (on behalf of the company) that the
 patch is offered under a suitable license.
The motion of the patch within the company is not tracked with SOBs since —
 as works-for-hire — the copyrights are all owned by the company rather
 than the patch author.
If this is a problem we can start gathering SOBs from the authors for the
 submission; but as I understand the DCoO that should not be necessary, and
 it hasn't been considered a problem until recently.
Please advise on how we should handle this in future.

-Ed