Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: spacemit: Clarify stat timeout comments and messages

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:30:43 -0800

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:39:06 +0800 Vivian Wang wrote:
> > Because if it's the latter we should be able to skip reading the stats
> > when link is down (still racy but better than waiting in cases we can
> > detect?)  
> 
> If checking the link is definitely up as a condition for updating stats
> would be acceptable, then maybe the original patch from the linked
> thread [2] can also be adopted?

Yes, speaking under correction if Andrew disagrees, but could you
squash those two patches ([2] and the v2) into one?