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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@amd.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	<brett.creeley@amd.com>, <drivers@pensando.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small driver fixes
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:42:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231201174223.34c6ac58@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231201000519.13363-1-shannon.nelson@amd.com>

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:05:12 -0800 Shannon Nelson wrote:
> This is a collection of small fixes for the ionic driver,
> mostly code cleanup items.

Hm, looks cleanup-y indeed. Majority of this looks like net-next
material, really.

1 - fine for net
2 - perf optimization, we generally follow stable rules, which say:

   Serious issues as reported by a user of a distribution kernel may
   also be considered if they fix a notable performance or
   interactivity issue. As these fixes are not as obvious and have a
   higher risk of a subtle regression they should only be submitted by
   a distribution kernel maintainer and include an addendum linking to
   a bugzilla entry if it exists and additional information on the
   user-visible impact.

I doubt serious "user-visible impact" will be the case here, however.

3 - I don't see how this matters, netdev is not registered, locks are
    not initialized, who's going to access that pointer?
4 - cleanup / nop
5 - cleanup / nop
6 - fine for net
7 - optimization and a minor one at that

I appreciate the diligent Fixes tags but I'm afraid we need to be a bit
more judicious in what we consider a fix.
-- 
pw-bot: cr

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-02  1:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-01  0:05 [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small driver fixes Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 1/7] ionic: fix snprintf format length warning Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 2/7] ionic: Use cached VF attributes Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 3/7] ionic: set ionic ptr before setting up ethtool ops Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 4/7] ionic: Don't check null when calling vfree() Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 5/7] ionic: Make the check for Tx HW timestamping more obvious Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 6/7] ionic: Fix dim work handling in split interrupt mode Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  0:05 ` [PATCH net 7/7] ionic: Re-arrange ionic_intr_info struct for cache perf Shannon Nelson
2023-12-01  4:19 ` [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small driver fixes Florian Fainelli
2023-12-01 17:20   ` Nelson, Shannon
2023-12-02  1:42 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-12-04 18:23   ` Nelson, Shannon
2023-12-04 18:35     ` Jakub Kicinski

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