Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 00/10] net: netconsole refactoring and warning fix

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 17:29:50 -0700

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:11:59 -0700 Breno Leitao wrote:
> To address these issues, the following steps were taken:
> 
>  * Breaking down write_ext_msg() into smaller functions with clear scopes
>  * Improving readability and reasoning about the code
>  * Simplifying and clarifying naming conventions
> 
> Warning Fix
> -----------
> 
> The warning occurred when there was insufficient buffer space to append
> userdata. While this scenario is acceptable (as userdata can be sent in a
> separate packet later), the kernel was incorrectly raising a warning.  A
> one-line fix has been implemented to resolve this issue.
> 
> A self-test was developed to write messages of every possible length
> This test will be submitted in a separate patchset

Makes sense in general, but why isn't the fix sent to net first, 
and then once the trees converge (follow Thursday) we can apply 
the refactoring and improvements on top?

The false positive warning went into 6.9 if I'm checking correctly.