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 6BAA41B81CC; Tue, 8 Oct 2024 12:30:29 +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=1728390629; cv=none; b=JloORmRr3RtXY1uhe8PTQfCHDxXo1DjMhq1ueQHPzw8FDQc1dXRsS3lIXGbAVCZYIMh0rguKlUnluh6Mj4jbodICBA2IewKfc4mIM4cze0a/FoJonE7mZv7lWW32gToDAH8GR4jvE2v5ue1/uQxZHXc3VcGa62XAoziIa/Z2P7Y= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728390629; c=relaxed/simple; bh=UBn42Kzmqtwl/Zw+7YmF058K/118U9jbdKDtGk8qNk8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=DgX9Sy4r7w5yV78rdrAN4tgL7D8v5sJWFe2PiDbtc3O0Lutbbun8jaYuvQ8781TnJ0KCteh+dW9L7vTBisvY7w49pVkKttqdp3vPINCnS3xNLm+v7TUZ99qkQse0ZBL4zYAjqe1PLt3Y9wtwrPvk9zPrH8wV/tkzv2VJkrbdmks= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=VH/9Cne5; 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="VH/9Cne5" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 961B4C4CEC7; Tue, 8 Oct 2024 12:30:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1728390629; bh=UBn42Kzmqtwl/Zw+7YmF058K/118U9jbdKDtGk8qNk8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=VH/9Cne5w9ggAdLciDnXCEHB5k6ekrEsyUY9o9pbJ8w1JFgbLF7TD7FkPhvXwR/Xw +Qywf3VJRsX/n1guHLQN4sL88MRG2PZSKHSMDS6afC+d31CO+GqqmZMFcuqpX+MclB fo98CMBmi37ADza2syoaR8vVeaWxF6YmhGUkW0XS54pDlUpFjiCwEt02UoOdhYnKWp SyZky7z4j3Ghvj2E4ms22l2sffb32oJGWn26D6oEATwfY7KHwkobaGAqXpsw762zTf W7HLNCPfYhjqS5p8hXfsLXCMIkOWAiAFaUQbL87mZI+lCwLa9/Qu3IELFj/MDDDAUu cz5fhdRHpZd7A== Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:30:25 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Jakub Kicinski 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: <20241008123025.GL32733@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> <20241007095412.5a2a6e2c@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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20241007095412.5a2a6e2c@kernel.org> On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 09:54:12AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > 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. I agree that would be very subjective. And your point about the presence of other work is well made. I'll work on v2 based on this short discussion. Thanks.