netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] devlink: Add APIs to publish/unpublish the port parameters.

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Message-ID: <20190702161133.GP30468@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 18:11:33 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mkalderon@...vell.com,
        aelior@...vell.com, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] devlink: Add APIs to publish/unpublish the
 port parameters.

On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 08:20:56AM -0700, Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru wrote:
> The patch adds devlink interfaces for drivers to publish/unpublish the
> devlink port parameters.

Hi Sudarsana

A good commit message says more about 'why' than 'what'. I can see the
'what' by reading the code. But the 'why' is often not so clear.

Why would i want to unpublish port parameters?

Thanks
	Andrew