linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 linux-next 00/12] VDPA support for Mellanox ConnectX devices

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Date:   Wed, 5 Aug 2020 18:31:01 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>, Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>,
        Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@...lanox.com>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 linux-next 00/12] VDPA support for Mellanox ConnectX
 devices

On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 04:46:46PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 07:01:52PM +0000, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-08-05 at 09:12 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 04:01:58PM +0300, Eli Cohen wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 08:48:52AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > > > Did you merge this?:
> > > > > > git pull
> > > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mellanox/linux.gi
> > > > > > t mlx5-next
> > > > > 
> > > > > I can only merge this tree if no one else will. Linus does not
> > > > > like getting same patches through two trees.
> 
> This is not quite the case
> 
> Linus does not like multiple *copies* of the same patches. The same
> actual git commits can be OK.
> 
> Linus also does not like unnecessarily cross linking trees, mlx5-next
> is designed to be small enough and approved enough that it is not
> controversial.
> 
> Linus really doesn't like it when people jams stuff together in rc7 or
> the weeks of the merge window. He wants to see stuff be in linux-next
> for at least a bit. So it may be too late regardless.

I'll try, let's see what happens.

> > We do this all the time with net-next and rdma,
> > mlx5-next is a very small branch based on a very early rc that includes
> > mlx5 shared stuff between rdma and net-next, and now virtio as well.
> 
> Yes, going on two years now? Been working well
> 
> Jason

OK, I'll merge it then. Thanks!

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MST