netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: Switch back to struct platform

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Message-ID: <2og4furukr5fndyx3receaxr2rgao27lcuzofcvanyrt543p5p@5ckfz4373vhm>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:07:25 +0200
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethernet: Switch back to struct
 platform_driver::remove()

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 01:53:47PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 09:48:53AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 08:29:37AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > However, touching so many files does lead to a substantial risk of
> > > conflicts. And indeed, the patch does not currently apply cleanly
> > > to net-next (although it can trivially be made to do so). Perhaps
> > > the maintainers can handle that, but I would suggest reposting in
> > > a form that does apply cleanly so that automations can run.
> > 
> > I based it on plain next in the expectation that this matches the
> > network tree well enough. I agree that the conflicts are not hard to
> > resolve, but it's totally ok for me if only the parts of the patch are
> > taken that apply without problems. I expect that I'll have to go through
> > more than one subsystem a second time anyhow because new drivers pop up
> > using the old idioms.
> > 
> > Also note that git can handle the changes just fine if you use
> > 3-way merging:
> > 
> > 	uwe@...rus:~/gsrc/linux$ git checkout net-next/main 
> > 	HEAD is now at 151ac45348af net: sparx5: Fix invalid timestamps
> > 
> > 	uwe@...rus:~/gsrc/linux$ b4 am -3 https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240923162202.34386-2-u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com/
> > 	Grabbing thread from lore.kernel.org/all/20240923162202.34386-2-u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com/t.mbox.gz
> > 	Analyzing 3 messages in the thread
> > 	Analyzing 0 code-review messages
> > 	Checking attestation on all messages, may take a moment...
> > 	---
> > 	  ✓ [PATCH] net: ethernet: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove()
> > 	    + Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com> (✓ DKIM/gmail.com)
> > 	  ---
> > 	  ✓ Signed: openpgp/u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com
> > 	  ✓ Signed: DKIM/baylibre-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com (From: u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com)
> > 	---
> > 	Total patches: 1
> > 	Preared a fake commit range for 3-way merge (77e0c079ace8..198dd8fb7661)
> > 	---
> > 	 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240923162202.34386-2-u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com
> > 	 Base: using specified base-commit ef545bc03a65438cabe87beb1b9a15b0ffcb6ace
> > 	       git checkout -b 20240923_u_kleine_koenig_baylibre_com ef545bc03a65438cabe87beb1b9a15b0ffcb6ace
> > 	       git am -3 ./20240923_u_kleine_koenig_net_ethernet_switch_back_to_struct_platform_driver_remove.mbx
> > 
> > 	uwe@...rus:~/gsrc/linux$ git am -3 ./20240923_u_kleine_koenig_net_ethernet_switch_back_to_struct_platform_driver_remove.mbx
> > 	Applying: net: ethernet: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove()
> > 	Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
> > 	M	drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
> > 	M	drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
> > 	M	drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > 	Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
> > 	Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > 	Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
> > 	Auto-merging drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
> 
> Understood, I agree the conflicts can trivially be resolved.
> But as things stand the CI stopped when it couldn't apply
> the patchset. And, IMHO, that is not the best.

So there is some room for improvement of said CI. It could use -3, or
alternatively honor the "base-commit:" line in the footer of the mail.

(And yes, using net-next directly and getting the patch applied quickly
works, too. And I understand that is most comfortable for your side. For
my side however plain next is better as this is usually a good middle
ground for all trees. And given that I have to track not only the 130+
network drivers from this patch but also the 2000+ other drivers in the
rest of the tree using net-next doesn't work so well.)

Best regards
Uwe

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