netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/9] virtio-net: support device stats

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Message-ID: <20240321124219.GC356367@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:42:19 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S.  Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"Michael  S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
	Amritha Nambiar <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>,
	Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>,
	Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
	Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/9] virtio-net: support device stats

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 11:54:34AM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:38:01 -0700, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:04:21 +0800 Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > > I have a question regarding the workflow for feature discussions. If we
> > > consistently engage in discussions about a particular feature, this may result
> > > in the submission of multiple patch sets. In light of this, should we modify the
> > > usage of "PATCH" or "RFC" in our submissions depending on whether the merge
> > > window is open or closed? This causes the title of our patch sets to keep
> > > changing.
> >
> > Is switching between RFC and PATCH causing issues?
> 
> You know someone may ignore the RFC patches.
> And for me, that the pathsets for the particular feture have differ
> prefix "PATCH" or "RFC" is odd.
> 
> > Should be a simple modification to the git format-patch argument.
> 
> That is ok.
> 
> 
> > But perhaps your workload is different than mine.
> >
> > The merge window is only 2 weeks every 10 weeks, it's not changing
> > often, I don't think.
> 
> YES. I'm ok, if that is a rule.

Hi,

Maybe this helps:

It is a long standing rule that for netdev, during the merge window,
net-next is closed. During this time bugfixes may be posted (for net),
and RFCs may be posted.

https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html#git-trees-and-patch-flow