netdev - Re: [net-next 13/15] net/mlx5: Skip inline mode check after mlx5_eswitch_enable

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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 17:46:09 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 13/15] net/mlx5: Skip inline mode check after
 mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked() failure

Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 07:01:17AM CEST, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>On Tue,  6 Jun 2023 00:12:17 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>> Fixes: bffaa916588e ("net/mlx5: E-Switch, Add control for inline mode")
>> Fixes: 8c98ee77d911 ("net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Add extack messages to devlink callbacks")
>
>The combination of net-next and Fixes is always odd.
>Why? 
>Either it's important enough to be a fix or its not important 
>and can go to net-next...
>

As Jason wrote, this is a fix, but not -net worthy. I believe that
"Fixes" tag should be there regardless of the target tree,
it makes things easier to follow.