netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: stmmac: fixes and new features

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Message-ID: <240b5f17-30cd-42f4-9dcd-4d5b60aa7bec@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:51:51 +0200
From: Konrad Leszczynski <konrad.leszczynski@...el.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>,
	<sebastian.basierski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: stmmac: fixes and new features


On 28-Aug-25 14:25, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 08:47:02AM +0200, Konrad Leszczynski wrote:
>> On 26-Aug-25 19:29, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>>> On 26/08/2025 12:32, Konrad Leszczynski wrote:
>>>> This series starts with three fixes addressing KASAN panic on ethtool
>>>> usage, Enhanced Descriptor printing and flow stop on TC block setup when
>>>> interface down.
>>>> Everything that follows adds new features such as ARP Offload support,
>>>> VLAN protocol detection and TC flower filter support.
>>> Well, mixing fixes and features in one patchset is not a great idea.
>>> Fixes patches should have Fixes: tags and go to -net tree while features
>>> should go to net-next. It's better to split series into 2 and provide
>>> proper tags for the "fixes" part
>> Hi Vadim,
>>
>> Thanks for the review. I've specifically placed the fixes first and the
>> features afterwards to not intertwine the patches. I can split them into two
>> patchsets if you think that's the best way to go.
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
>
> You probably need to wait a week between the fixes and new features in
> order that net and net-next are synced.
>
>      Andrew
>
> ---
> pw-bot: cr
> 	

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the heads-up. Fixes are new features are 
independent from each other. Should I still wait a week to send out the 
patchset containing the new features?

Konrad