netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] MT7530 DSA subdriver fix VLAN egress and handling of all link-local frames

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:42:24 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, DENG Qingfang
 <dqfext@...il.com>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>, Andrew Lunn
 <andrew@...n.ch>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Vladimir Oltean
 <olteanv@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 Bartel Eerdekens <bartel.eerdekens@...stell8.be>, erkin.bozoglu@...ont.com,
 mithat.guner@...ont.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/2] MT7530 DSA subdriver fix VLAN egress and
 handling of all link-local frames

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:19:02 -0400 Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 02:29:19PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > > For future memory: I think the SoB in the cover letter is not required,
> > > and is, at least to me, a bit confusing.
> > > 
> > > No action needed here, I'll keep this unmodified, but I suggest to omit
> > > it in future submission.  
> > 
> > b4 puts it on the cover letter so it's not my doing.  
> 
> This is done because many subsystems use the cover letter as the merge commit
> message. 

Could be wrong, but I think it was DaveM who originated this practice,
in networking..

> Those subsystems who don't follow this practice don't generally care
> if there's a Signed-Off-By in the cover letter anyway, so I don't see why this
> is a concern that it's there.

Because we have to remove it, extra work. And the benefit of adding it
in the first place is unclear.