Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 07:39:00 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Cc:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
        Colin Foster <colin.foster@in-advantage.com>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@nxp.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 5/5] net: mscc: ocelot: expose ocelot wm
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:30:12 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 07:26:52AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 12:11:22 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:  
> > > 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.  
> 
> I don't think there's any problem with dropping the last patch for now,
> as that's the safer thing to do (Colin?), but just let us know whether
> you prefer Colin to resend a 4-patch series, or you can pick this series
> up without the last one.

Repost once it's confirmed that's the right course of action.
I'll merge it right away.