netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gve: Cache link

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Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:43:42 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     joshwash@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gve: Cache link_speed value from device

On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:42:27 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> If it needs to go in as a fix / to stable we need a bit more info about
> the nature of the problem. What user-visible (or hypervisor-visible)
> impact will be?  What entity needs link info so often that it becomes
> a problem?
> 
> The code looks fine as an optimization, i.e. for net-next, but you say
> "PATCH net" and there's a Fixes tag...

Hm, actually it doesn't apply to either tree..