Re: [PATCH net-next 00/15] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-07-28

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On 8/4/26 12:38 PM, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 August 2026 12:19:13 CEST Paolo Abeni wrote:
>> On 7/28/26 3:39 PM, Simon Wunderlich wrote:
>>> Dear net maintainers,
>>>
>>> here is a minor bugfix/cleanup pull request of batman-adv to go into net-next.
>>
>> Note that it's preferred to avoid fixes and stable tags for changes
>> targeting the net-next tree. If the fixes are really minor, both could
>> possibly safely dropped. If there is some real problem behind, such
>> changes should instead target the net tree.
>>
>> Can you easily rebase your tree and adjust the PR vs the above?
> 
> I have a different statement from Linus:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjt1NiKOdyAMz_DT7NmZ++SizPOhRSi492ukdTnpDzHQw@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
> 
> This is why we started to not send out net.git fixes PRs for things which 
> aren't highly critical or for Linus' "just merged for this release commits"  
> late in the development process.
I actually think netdev preference is consistent with Linus'ask: move
the "fixlet" to net-next.

The additional twist is the ask to drop the stable and fixes tag
(otherwise stable will be flooded, too).

PR are a bit apart from plain series, hence my initial questions WRT how
problematic would be stripping such tags and how impactful are actually
the things addressed in the first 6 patches.

/P