netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 09/26] net/mlx5e: Init ethtool steering for representors

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:49:24 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
Cc:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 09/26] net/mlx5e: Init ethtool steering for
 representors

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 05:06:46PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
>On 16/04/2020 01:00, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> I'd maybe point out that the selection process is based on a neural
>> network which knows about the existence of a Fixes tag in a commit.
>>
>> It does exactly what you're describing, but also taking a bunch more
>> factors into it's desicion process ("panic"? "oops"? "overflow"? etc).
>Yeah, that's why I found it odd that you were responding in a way that
> _looked like_ classic confusion of P(A|B) and P(B|A).  I just wanted
> to make sure we had that common ground before launching into a long
> Bayesian explanation.

Just a question while I process your explanation (thanks for doing it!):
wouldn't this be done by the neural network?

It learns what a stable worthy commit is (and what isn't), and applies
weights based on these findings, right? So if it learns that most
non-stable commits don't have a fixes tag, it's likely to use that and
"require" other inputs to have enough weight to compensate over a
missing fixes tag so that it'll pass the threshold, no?

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha