netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 01/16] Revert "net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_tx_reporter

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jul 2019 13:03:26 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>, ayal@...lanox.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        moshe@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/16] Revert "net/mlx5e: Fix
 mlx5e_tx_reporter_create return value"

Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 01:52:53PM CEST, tariqt@...lanox.com wrote:
>From: Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>
>
>This reverts commit 2e5b0534622fa87fd570d54af2d01ce304b88077.
>
>This commit was needed prior to commit f6b19b354d50 ("net: devlink:
>select NET_DEVLINK from drivers") Then, reporter's pointer could have
>been a NULL. But with NET_DEVLINK mandatory to MLX5_CORE in Kconfig,
>pointer can only hold an error in bad path.
>
>Signed-off-by: Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>
>Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

I'm not sure if the patch name "Revert: ..." is correct. I would rather
just describe the change and don't mention the "revert" even in the
patch description.

The patch looks good.
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>