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Message-ID: <20220729001842.5bc9f0b2@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:18:42 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Li zeming <zeming@...china.com>, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/net/act: Remove temporary state variables

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:00:07 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >> What backports do you have in mind exactly?  
> >
> >Code backports. I don't understand the question.  
> 
> Code backports of what where?
> Are you talking about:
> 1) mainline kernels
> 2) distrubutions kernels? Or even worse, in-house kernels of companies?
> 
> If 2), I believe it is not relevant for the upstream discussion, at all.

Fixes and stable. Frankly it's just a generic justification 
to discourage people from sending subjective code cleanups.
I'd never argue for the benefit of (2) :)

There's been a string of patches cleaning up return values
of functions in the last few days. If people have a lot of
time on their hands they should go do something useful, like
converting netdev features to a bitmap. Hell, go fix W=1 warnings, 
even easier.

The time spent reviewing those "cleanups" adds up, and I suspect
there's hundreds of places they can be applied. Hence my question
about automation... 

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