netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] libbpf: add support for BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK

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Message-ID: <20200628173519.j3acq5cp6yvbntqk@ast-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sun, 28 Jun 2020 10:35:19 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] libbpf: add support for
 BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_RELEASE

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 05:59:41PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> 
> As for the cover letter, unless it's some trivial independent fixes,
> cover letter ties everything together and is a good place to track
> "what changed between versions". So I'd recommend adding it anyways.

+1
For independent fixes it's ok to skip cover, but it's often nice to have one.
New release hook like this one certainly deserves a cover.