Re: [PATCH v2 net 0/3] net: ethtool: netdev_features_strings[] cleanup

From: Alexander Lobakin
Date: Tue Jun 23 2020 - 05:40:34 EST


Hi Dave, Michal,

On Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 2:34, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:55:50 +0000

> > This little series adds the last forgotten feature string for
> > NETIF_F_GSO_TUNNEL_REMCSUM and attempts to prevent such losses
> > in future.
> >
> > Patches 2-3 seem more like net-next candidates rather than net-fixes,
> > but for me it seems a bit more suitable to pull it during "quiet" RC
> > windows, so any new related code could start from this base.
> >
> > I was thinking about some kind of static assertion to have an early
> > prevention mechanism for this, but the existing of 2 intended holes
> > (former NO_CSUM and UFO) makes this problematic, at least at first
> > sight.
> >
> > v2:
> > - fix the "Fixes:" tag in the first patch;
> > - no functional changes.
>
> Please do not mix bug fixes (missing netdev feature strings, etc.) with
> cleanups (indentation changes).

You both are right, I should've thought better about that.
I'll split the series into two and resend, sorry.

> Thank you.

Thanks,
Al