linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] IB/mlx: Fine-tuning for several function implementations

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Message-ID: <1492799374.2550.24.camel@sandisk.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:29:34 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>
To:     "leonro@...lanox.com" <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "yishaih@...lanox.com" <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
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        "elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net" <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        "majd@...lanox.com" <majd@...lanox.com>,
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        "matanb@...lanox.com" <matanb@...lanox.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] IB/mlx: Fine-tuning for several function
 implementations

On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 20:17 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> Several update suggestions were taken into account
> from static source code analysis.

Hello Markus,

Patches should either be useful to users of the Linux kernel, e.g. by adding
new functionality or by fixing a bug, or to kernel developers, e.g. by making
their workflow easier. I don't think this patch series falls in either
category so please drop these patches.

Thanks,

Bart.