Re: [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] allocate multiple skbuffs on tx

From: Arseniy Krasnov
Date: Thu Mar 23 2023 - 07:38:14 EST




On 23.03.2023 14:11, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 01:53:40PM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 23.03.2023 13:48, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 01:01:40PM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
>>>> Hello Stefano,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for review!
>>>
>>> You're welcome!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since both patches are R-b, i can wait for a few days, then send this
>>>> as 'net-next'?
>>>
>>> Yep, maybe even this series could have been directly without RFC ;-)
>>
>> "directly", You mean 'net' tag? Of just without RFC, like [PATCH v5]. In this case
>> it will be merged to 'net' right?
>
> Sorry for the confusion. I meant without RFC but with net-next.
>
> Being enhancements and not fixes this is definitely net-next material,
> so even in RFCs you can already use the net-next tag, so the reviewer
> knows which branch to apply them to. (It's not super important since
> being RFCs it's expected that it's not complete, but it's definitely an
> help for the reviewer).
>
> Speaking of the RFC, we usually use it for patches that we don't think
> are ready to be merged. But when they reach a good state (like this
> series for example), we can start publishing them already without the
> RFC tag.
>
> Anyway, if you are not sure, use RFC and then when a maintainer has
> reviewed them all, surely you can remove the RFC tag.
>
> Hope this helps, at least that's what I usually do, so don't take that
> as a strict rule ;-)

Ah ok, I see now, thanks for details

Thanks, Arseniy

>
> Thanks,
> Stefano
>