netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Variable SLAAC: SLAAC with prefixes of arbitrary length in PIO

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:01:28 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Dmytro Shytyi <dmytro@...tyi.net>,
        kuznet <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        yoshfuji <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        liuhangbin <liuhangbin@...il.com>, davem <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Variable SLAAC: SLAAC with prefixes of
 arbitrary length in PIO

On 11/12/20 5:53 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> I do agree, though, that it's confusing *what* they reported, especially
>> if the patch in question is fixing something *else*.  Rather than invent
>> a new tag, maybe a comment would suffice:
>>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com> # bug in earlier revision
> Fine by me, although its not common to add Reported-by tags for people
> who point out issues in review, so why add a tag for the bot?

If for no other reason, it helps Philip and team generate accurate data
on how effective and helpful the bot is.  That, in turn, plays a role in
making sure that Intel keeps funding it.