From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFD071D9673; Mon, 7 Oct 2024 16:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728320053; cv=none; b=KQ6z4N/l8zD/fBaHO+CfDXDY9l0SSWex97fAfDabz32HpE93yeIfejnr5GI5heLHyPjv2Acfu6NZ49XjbzufjkTWS2OuvdYQuoz1XTS7kg4Y9SWamgDhSNxIfPfjK7Qtl7/ypYg8iuVDXhl7n6vJLZ9U5zCyMUlfDzZS2nHO6BU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728320053; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Z55+alHHbN75NJWr2PUTisn4u0T5tliMseWxml0Kkis=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=i2d/xSW8/UvW7B/cHQ5otXVOPvDnTfwZeJfR/u5jR8Z6pFuHcypwk4C94vCwxO0H1RFAvWv9fQ5PGErZKkeof/zP4hX/EpeB0gB9d0ELUKwgsMW82cUbUv6qI++YZvE7maCDCxteR19tULLpu4BdaE4wRclWyIRenClWC51tvAQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=RugleReU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="RugleReU" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 475E6C4CEC6; Mon, 7 Oct 2024 16:54:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1728320053; bh=Z55+alHHbN75NJWr2PUTisn4u0T5tliMseWxml0Kkis=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=RugleReUCcPaIBW6jMPb3QzJw6yIz+PPaz8YuCS7xqA3FSP1J6BG7vMaa8QQGkAo8 umXBPeAJr3M2+XOF6dg3UE4anqoP/B4ofUpaeY+Z/eXzx3C6iPdp38UHiKa7RfZ77h NmPcS4xYTjrxPuIAF/PEM9hW7jPEJoA+7B6vEXNX07Oio7e6YoAx+N4M7eHTJRNGZW aCR7CEkU9NBKBlufd6Wd14bmmyZa+vjIcW6eps7LUiNc/Hlh6ZPUvE9TzWEZ5FTvwU 4LWRIZIlg7547A7OEvJjRAgsvQkpkjPktPa0Nj549kh0lCpKlF6Xb7RjMADFGP15cF p/7WjScPOJEvw== Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 09:54:12 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Simon Horman Cc: "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Jonathan Corbet , netdev@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net] docs: netdev: document guidance on cleanup patches Message-ID: <20241007095412.5a2a6e2c@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20241007161501.GJ32733@kernel.org> References: <20241004-doc-mc-clean-v1-1-20c28dcb0d52@kernel.org> <20241007082430.21de3848@kernel.org> <20241007155521.GI32733@kernel.org> <20241007090828.05c3f0da@kernel.org> <20241007161501.GJ32733@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 17:15:01 +0100 Simon Horman wrote: > > > We could merge or otherwise rearrange that section with the one proposed by > > > this patch. But I didn't feel it was necessary last week. > > > > Somewhat, we don't push back on correct use of device-managed APIs. > > But converting ancient drivers to be device-managed just to save > > 2 or 3 LoC is pointless churn. Which in my mind falls squarely > > under the new section, the new section is intended for people sending > > trivial patches. > > Thanks, I can try and work with that. Do you want to call out older drivers > too? I was intentionally skipping that for now. But I do agree it should > be mentioned at some point. What is and isn't considered old may be hard to determine. I hope that your existing "not part of other work" phrasing will give us the same effect, as there's usually no other work for old drivers.