netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] mlx4 misc fixes and improvements

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:21:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] mlx4 misc fixes and improvements

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:20:11 +0300

> This patchset contains some bug fixes, a cleanup, and small improvements
> from the team to the mlx4 Eth and core drivers.
> 
> Series generated against net-next commit:
> 02154927c115 "net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Get VLAN_PORT_MASK from b53_device"
> 
> Please push the following patch to -stable  >= 4.6 as well:
> "net/mlx4_core: Fix to clean devlink resources"

Again, coding style fixes and optimizations like branch prediction
hints are not bug fixes and therefore not appropriate for 'net'.