Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/23][pull request] Queue configs and large buffer providers

[Pavel Begunkov]

On 8/20/25 03:31, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:57:16 +0100 Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> > Jakub Kicinski (20):
>
> I think we need to revisit how we operate.
> When we started the ZC work w/ io-uring I suggested a permanent shared
> branch. That's perhaps an overkill. What I did not expect is that you
> will not even CC netdev@ on changes to io_uring/zcrx.*
>
> I don't mean to assert any sort of ownership of that code, but you're
> not meeting basic collaboration standards for the kernel. This needs
> to change first.

You're throwing quite allegations. Basic collaboration standards don't
include spamming people with unrelated changes via an already busy list.
I cc'ed netdev on patches that meaningfully change how it interacts
(incl indirectly) with netdev and/or might be of interest, which is
beyond of the usual standard expected of a project using infrastructure
provided by a subsystem. There are pieces that don't touch netdev, like
how io_uring pins pages, accounts memory, sets up rings, etc. In the
very same way generic io_uring patches are not normally posted to
netdev, and netdev patches are not redirected to mm because there
are kmalloc calls, even though, it's not even the standard used here.

If you have some way you want to work, I'd appreciate a clear
indication of that, because that message you mentioned was answered
and I've never heard any objection, or anything else really.

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Pavel Begunkov