netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Kconfig: discourage drop

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Message-Id: 
 <176074441201.2826097.18118475897010397412.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:40:12 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Kconfig: discourage drop_monitor enablement

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:51:47 +0200 you wrote:
> Quoting Eric Dumazet:
> "I do not understand the fascination with net/core/drop_monitor.c [..]
> misses all the features, flexibility, scalability  that 'perf',
> eBPF tracing, bpftrace, .... have today."
> 
> Reword DROP_MONITOR kconfig help text to clearly state that its not
> related to perf-based drop monitoring and that its safe to disable
> this unless support for the older netlink-based tools is needed.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: Kconfig: discourage drop_monitor enablement
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2af8ff1e472e

You are awesome, thank you!
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