linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: usbnet: restore usb%d name exception for local mac addresses

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Message-ID: <20250326044032.7d85c359@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:40:32 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@...ark-techno.com>
Cc: Ahmed Naseef <naseefkm@...il.com>, asmadeus@...ewreck.org,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, oneukum@...e.com, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: usbnet: restore usb%d name exception for
 local mac addresses

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:34:33 +0900 Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Jakub Kicinski wrote on Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 04:11:58AM -0700:
> > On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:27:26 +0400 Ahmed Naseef wrote:  
> > > I hope this feedback helps in reconsidering the patch for mainline inclusion.    
> > 
> > It needs to be reposted to be reconsidered, FWIW  
> 
> I just reposted it here after this reminder:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250326-usbnet_rename-v2-1-57eb21fcff26@atmark-techno.com

Thanks!

> I've just remembered the timing might not be great though with the merge
> window that just started, and now I'm (re)reading through
> Documentation/procss/maintainer-netdev.rst I pobably should have added
> net-next? to the subject... If it weren't closed.
> 
> I'll re-repost for net-next after -rc1, unless something happens to the
> patch earlier.

It's in a gray zone between a fix and an improvement, we can take it
via net at this stage.