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

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Message-ID: <80a8e8c5-689e-a2b1-e2d4-817dc0649385@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:27:23 +0300
From:   Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] mlx4 misc fixes and improvements

Hi Dave,

On 16/09/2016 2:21 AM, David Miller wrote:
> 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'.
Yes, I know. Please notice that it was submitted to net-next this time.

Regards,
Tariq