netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Improve s0ix flows for systems i219LM

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Date:   Sun, 6 Dec 2020 09:32:23 -0800
From:   Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Limonciello, Mario" <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sasha Netfin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>,
        Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>,
        Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>,
        "Shen, Yijun" <Yijun.Shen@...l.com>,
        "Yuan, Perry" <Perry.Yuan@...l.com>,
        "anthony.wong@...onical.com" <anthony.wong@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Improve s0ix flows for systems i219LM

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 3:49 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 14:38:03 -0800 Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > > > The patches look good to me. Just need to address the minor issue that
> > > > seems to have been present prior to the introduction of this patch
> > > > set.
> > > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>
> > >
> > > Thanks for your review.  Just some operational questions - since this previously
> > > existed do you want me to re-spin the series to a v4 for this, or should it be
> > > a follow up after the series?
> > >
> > > If I respin it, would you prefer that change to occur at the start or end
> > > of the series?
> >
> > I don't need a respin, but if you are going to fix it you should
> > probably put out the patch as something like a 8/7. If you respin it
> > should happen near the start of the series as it is a bug you are
> > addressing.
>
> Don't we need that patch to be before this series so it can be
> back ported easily? Or is it not really a bug?

You're right. For backports it would make it easier to have the patch
be before the changes. As far as being a bug, it is one, but it isn't
an urgent bug as it is basically some bad exception handling so the
likelihood of seeing it should be quite low.