netdev - Re: [PATCH] docs: netdev: refine 15-patch limit

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Message-ID: <20260113173454.55a995cc@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:34:54 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jonathan Corbet
 <corbet@....net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: netdev: refine 15-patch limit

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:47:15 +0000 Simon Horman wrote:
> +Limit patches outstanding on mailing list
> +-----------------------------------------
> +
> +Avoid having more than 15 patches, across all series, outstanding for
> +review on the mailing list. This limit is intended to focus developer
> +effort on testing patches before upstream review. Aiding the quality of
> +upstream submissions, and easing the load on reviewers.

Thanks for adding this.

In practice I think the limit is also per tree (net vs net-next)
to avoid head of line blocking fixes.