netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net 6/8] tcp: Use sk_dst_dev_rcu() in tcp_fastopen_active_disable_ofo

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Message-ID: <CANn89i+hNzxZMgHXHsqZs7XaMcxQKyXK-aM43uqrS5Yj-iZNKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:34:49 -0700
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net 6/8] tcp: Use sk_dst_dev_rcu() in tcp_fastopen_active_disable_ofo_check().

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Sorry, I missed this one.  I'll drop this patch and send the
> > > series to net-next.
> > >
> >
> > No problem.
> >
> > Main reason for us to use net-next is that adding lockdep can bring new issues,
> > thus we have more time to polish patches before hitting more users.
> >
> > We also can iterate faster, not having to wait one week for net fan in.
>
> Thank you for explaining the reason.  That makes sense.
>
> Then should we keep or drop Fixes: tag ?  At least it will not land
> on the mainline and thus stable until the next merge window.

Fixes: tags are fine.

I usually do not add them for all patches, because I know that
everything will be
backported anyway because of dependencies.