linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 1/5] net: netdevsim: fix inconsistent carrier state after link/unlink

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Message-ID: <1c8edd12-0933-4aae-8af3-307b133dce27@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:02:22 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Yohei Kojima <yk@...oj.net>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/5] net: netdevsim: fix inconsistent carrier state
 after link/unlink

> Thank you for the quick reply. I don't intend for this patch to be
> backported to the stable tree. My understanding was that bugfix patches
> to the net tree should have Fixes: tag for historical tracking.
> 
> > 
> > netdevsim is not a real device. Do its bugs actually bother people?
> 
> This patch fixes a real bug that is seen when a developer tries to test
> TFO or netdevsim tests on NetworkManager-enabled systems: it causes
> false positives in kselftests on such systems.

O.K, then keep the Fixes tag and submit it for net. However, the tests
should be considered development work, and submitted to net-next, if
they are not fixes. Please split this into two series.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

    Andrew

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