linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] net: stmmac: fix & improve driver statistics

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Message-ID: <ZIoXZQXLTWKF8nCZ@corigine.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:39:17 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] net: stmmac: fix & improve driver statistics

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 12:18:44AM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> patch1 and patch2 fix two issues in net driver statistics:
> 1. network driver statistics are cleared in .ndo_close() and
> .ndo_open() cycle
> 2. some network driver statistics overflow on 32 bit platforms

I would encourage you to describe these as enhancements or similar,
but not fixes. Because fix implies a bug, such as a crash. And
bugs for fixes are handled by a slightly different process which
often includes backporting.

> patch3 use pcpu statistics where necessary to remove frequent
> cacheline ping pongs.

Assuming these are three enhancements, then they should be
targeted at the net-next tree. And that should be noted in the subject:

	Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] ...

Unfortunately the series does not seem to apply to net-next
in its current form. So it probably needs to be rebased and reposted.

If you do post an updated series, please observe a 24h grace
period between postings, to give reviewers time to do their thing.

Link: https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html