On 16.05.2023 10:45:23, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 09:31:04AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 11:27:06PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > this series convers the drivers below drivers/net/can to the
> > > .remove_new() callback of struct platform_driver(). The motivation is to
> > > make the remove callback less prone for errors and wrong assumptions.
> > > See commit 5c5a7680e67b ("platform: Provide a remove callback that
> > > returns no value") for a more detailed rationale.
> > >
> > > All drivers already returned zero unconditionally in their
> > > .remove() callback, so converting them to .remove_new() is trivial.
> >
> > Hi Uwe,
> >
> > I like these changes and they all look good to me.
> > However, I have a question, perhaps more directed at the netdev
> > maintainers than yourself.
> >
> > In principle patch-sets for netdev should not include more than 15 patches.
> > It's unclear to me if, on the basis of that, this patchset should
> > be split up. Or if, f.e. given the simple nature of the patches,
> > an exception applies in this case. Or something else.
> >
> > I have no fixed opinion on this.
> > But I feel that the question should be asked.
> >
> > Link: https://kernel.org/doc/html/v6.1/process/maintainer-netdev.html
> >
> > ...
>
> I now realise this series is for can.
> Which I assume means the guidance above doesn't apply.
>
> Sorry for the noise.
That's still a good point, because sooner or later Uwe will probably
also convert the platform drivers to Driver/Network/Ethernet.
Marc
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