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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/33] Remove comma after sentinel entries in
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:06:06 +0530 Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
> This series removes the comma present after sentinel entries in the match
> tables across all networking subsystem drivers, with the exception of the
> davinci_mdio.c driver, for which, the patch posted by Geert at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/e481b6de46cecc6ea604ae165272c667274cc621.1788437140.git.geert+renesas@glider.be/
> does the same.
> 
> Since I inquired about a cleanup across the entire networking subsystem but
> didn't get a response:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/b3d19098-eccd-4619-b667-ad3b7e0a4422@ti.com/
> I decided to post this series. Given that Andrew Lunn acknowledged the
> cleanup of the davinci_mdio driver:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/abec6831-d344-489d-b70c-1e5dd4d43c2d@lunn.ch/
> and I don't see why the cleanup is specific to davinci_mdio driver alone,
> I am hoping that this series is treated identically to the patch that
> Geert had posted for the davinci_mdio driver.
> 
> Series is based on commit
> 6ebcf5074cff net: openvswitch: don't schedule rebalancing if there are no datapaths
> of the 'main' branch of the net-next tree.

You failed to specify why this "cleanup" makes a difference.
have you ever seen the sentinel not be the last entry?