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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 net-next 5/5] net: mscc: ocelot: expose ocelot wm functions
On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 12:11:22 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 11:48:52AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > Thank you for highlighting this.
> >
> > Vladimir told me recently over the phylink get_interfaces vs get_caps
> > change for DSA, and I quote:
> >
> > David who applied your patch can correct me, but my understanding from
> > the little time I've spent on netdev is that dead code isn't a candidate
> > for getting accepted into the tree, even more so in the last few days
> > before the merge window, from where it got into v5.16-rc1.
> > ...
> > So yes, I take issue with that as a matter of principle, I very much
> > expect that a kernel developer of your experience does not set a
> > precedent and a pretext for people who submit various shady stuff to the
> > kernel just to make their downstream life easier.
> >
> > This sounds very much like double-standards, especially as Vladimir
> > reviewed this.
> >
> > I'm not going to be spiteful NAK these patches, because we all need to
> > get along with each other. I realise that it is sometimes useful to get
> > code merged that facilitates or aids further development - provided
> > that development is submitted in a timely manner.
>
> I'm not taking this as a spiteful comment either, it is a very fair point.
> Colin had previously submitted this as part of a 23-patch series and it
> was me who suggested that this change could go in as part of preparation
> work right away:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/cover/20211116062328.1949151-1-colin.foster@in-advantage.com/#24596529
> I didn't realize that in doing so with this particular change, we would
> end up having some symbols exported by the ocelot switch lib that aren't
> yet in use by other drivers. So yes, this would have to go in at the
> same time as the driver submission itself.

I don't know the dependencies here (there are also pinctrl patches
in the linked series) so I'll defer to you, if there is a reason to
merge the unused symbols it needs to be spelled out, otherwise let's
drop the last patch for now.

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