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From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Feb 2021 15:59:38 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/4] Fix W=1 compilation warnings in net/* folder
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 3:57 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 03:34:37PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 2:55 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This short series fixes W=1 compilation warnings which I experienced
> > > when tried to compile net/* folder.
> > >
> >
> > Ok, but we never had a strong requirement about W=1, so adding Fixes:
> > tag is adding
>
> I added because Jakub has checker that looks for Fixes lines in "net"
> patches.

Send this to net-next

As I stated, we never enforce W=1 compilation rule.

I understand we might want that for _future_ kernels.

>
> > unnecessary burden to stable teams all around the world.
>
> It is automatic.

I do receive a copy of all backports in my mailbox, whenever I am tagged.

I can tell you there is a lot of pollution.

>
> Thanks