netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small fixes for 6.10

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:06:31 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, brett.creeley@....com,
	drivers@...sando.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small fixes for 6.10

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 06:37:08PM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> These are a few minor fixes for the ionic driver to clean
> up a some little things that have been waiting for attention.
> 
> Brett Creeley (3):
>   ionic: Pass ionic_txq_desc to ionic_tx_tso_post
>   ionic: Mark error paths in the data path as unlikely
>   ionic: Use netdev_name() function instead of netdev->name
> 
> Shannon Nelson (4):
>   ionic: fix potential irq name truncation
>   ionic: Reset LIF device while restarting LIF
>   ionic: only sync frag_len in first buffer of xdp
>   ionic: fix up ionic_if.h kernel-doc issues

Hi Shannon and Brett,

All of these patches look like good improvements to me.
However, it is only obvious to me why patch 2/7 is a bug fix
suitable for net. Would the other patches be better targeted
at net-next once it reopens?