linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] r8152: Add RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE checks to more loops

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Message-ID: <20231123142435.GG6339@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:24:35 +0000
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
        Edward Hill <ecgh@...omium.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Laura Nao <laura.nao@...labora.com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] r8152: Add RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE checks to more loops

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 09:55:46AM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 2:28 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 2023-11-17 at 13:08 -0800, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > > Previous commits added checks for RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE in the loops in
> > > the driver. There are still a few more that keep tripping the driver
> > > up in error cases and make things take longer than they should. Add
> > > those in.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> >
> > I think this deserves a 'Fixes' tag. Please add it.
> 
> Sure, I can add it. It didn't feel worth it to me since there's no
> real functional issue--just that it takes a little longer for these
> loops to exit out, but it shouldn't hurt. I guess that means breaking
> this commit into several depending on when the offending loop was
> added.
> 
> 
> > Additionally please insert the target tree in the subj prefix when re-
> > postin (in this case 'net')
> 
> Funny, I just followed the tags for other commits to this file and the
> "net:" prefix isn't common. I guess this should be "net: usb: r8152".
> I can add it when I post v2.

Hi Doug,

unfortunately prefix can have more than one meaning here.
The target tree, often either net or net-next, should go
in the [] part of the subject.

In this case I think what you want is:

	[PATCH net n/m v2] Add RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE checks to more loops