[PATCH net v3] net: axienet: free outstanding TX buffers in axienet_dma_bd_release()
Daniel Machon
daniel.machon at microchip.com
Sun Oct 11 01:46:52 PDT 2026
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2026 06:44:55 +0300 Sagi Maimon wrote:
> > Agreed on the helper. As on v2, I kept the fix minimal for net, and
> > will send the helper to net-next once this has reached it, with both
> > axienet_dma_bd_release() and axienet_dma_err_handler() using it.
>
> Let's do this now, trying to keep fixes small is a bit of
> an anti-pattern
Out of curiosity, why is that an anti-pattern?
I'd think that small fixes are, in general, easier to backport to stable. Is this
more of procedural question - if the whole fix gets into net, it will get merged
into net-next by the end of the week anyway?
/Daniel
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