netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] ibmvnic: update reset function prototypes

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:32:49 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dany Madden <drt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] ibmvnic: update reset function prototypes

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:12:21 -0800 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Jakub Kicinski [kuba@...nel.org] wrote:
> > On Thu,  7 Jan 2021 23:12:31 -0800 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:  
> > > The reset functions need just the 'reset reason' parameter and not
> > > the ibmvnic_rwi list element. Update the functions so we can simplify
> > > the handling of the ->rwi_list in a follow-on patch.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 2770a7984db5 ("ibmvnic: Introduce hard reset recovery")
> > >   
> > 
> > No empty lines after Fixes tags, please. They should also not be
> > wrapped.  
> 
> Ah ok, will fix.
> >   
> > > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.ibm.com>  
> > 
> > Are these patches for net or net-next? It looks like they are fixing
> > races, but at the same time they are rather large. Can you please
> > produce minimal fixes, e.g. patch 3 should just fix the existing leaks
> > rather than refactor the code to not do allocations. 130+ LoC is a lot
> > for a fix.  
> 
> This is a set of bug fixes, but yes a bit large. Should I submit to
> net-next instead?

I'd rather you tried to address the problems with minimal patches, then
you can refactor the code in net-next.