linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 41/80] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: Introduce and use nft_rbtree_interval

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 14:13:56 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 41/80] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: Introduce and use
 nft_rbtree_interval_start()

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 02:06:25PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > [ Upstream commit 6f7c9caf017be8ab0fe3b99509580d0793bf0833 ]
> > 
> > Replace negations of nft_rbtree_interval_end() with a new helper,
> > nft_rbtree_interval_start(), wherever this helps to visualise the
> > problem at hand, that is, for all the occurrences except for the
> > comparison against given flags in __nft_rbtree_get().
> > 
> > This gets especially useful in the next patch.
> 
> This looks like cleanup in preparation for the next patch. Next patch
> is there for some series, but not for 4.19.124. Should this be in
> 4.19, then?

What is the "next patch" in this situation?

thanks,

greg k-h