netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: usb: remove unnecessary get

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Message-ID: <9d03bd34-1c35-4cde-b29c-08e5387139ba@lunn.ch>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:52:15 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@...il.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
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	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: usb: remove unnecessary get_drvinfo
 code and driver versions

> > We prefer lots of small patches, they are easier to find time to
> > review. Combing patches is generally the wrong things to do.
> This is also helpful to know; thanks. I had assumed the opposite was
> preferred (if the combined patch was fairly small) to reduce the
> amount of mailing list traffic.

mutt(1) can show and delete emails faster than i can scan the subject
lines for keywords to see if they are interesting. So the absolute
number of emails does not matter.

For most reviewers, it is not an 9 to 5 job. Reviews get fitted in
between other tasks, maybe while waiting for a build to complete,
drinking coffee, etc. Small patches which can be quickly reviewed are
more likely to get looked at. Big patches will get deferred, and maybe
deferred again and again.

So if you want your patches reviewed and merged quickly, make then
small, good commit messages, obviously correct, and quick to review.

       Andrew