netdev - Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: merge sh_eth_free_dma_buffer() into sh_eth_ring

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Date:	Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:19:17 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: merge sh_eth_free_dma_buffer() into
 sh_eth_ring_free()

Hello.

On 11/05/2015 07:13 PM, David Miller wrote:

>>>> While the ring allocation is done by a single function,
>>>> sh_eth_ring_init(),
>>>> the ring deallocation was split into two functions (almost always
>>>> called
>>>> one after the other) for no good reason. Merge
>>>> sh_eth_free_dma_buffer()
>>>> into sh_eth_ring_free() which allows us  to save space not only on the
>>>> direct calls of the former function but also on the
>>>> sh_eth_ring_init()'s
>>>> simplified error path...
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
>>>
>>> Applied.
>>
>>     Hum, I'm seeing both patches in the net.git repo, while they were
>>     clearly targeted to net-next.git... Did you really consider these 2
>>     patches fixes?
>
> It was more work for me to let the patches rot in patchwork until I openned
> net-next back up than to simply just apply them to net.

    OK, thank you!

> You guys really make an enormous amount of work and stress for me when you
> submit net-next patches when I _CLEARLY_ and _EXPLICITLY_ state that the
> tree is closed right now.

    Hmm, I hadn't seen your announcement, else I would have refrained from 
sending. Will look for it now...

MBR, Sergei

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