Re: [PATCH batadv 0/8] batman-adv: follow up fixes

[Matthieu Baerts]

Hi Sven,

05 May 2026 07:00:27 Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 06:46:11 CEST Sven Eckelmann wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 02:10:51 CEST Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>> On Sun, 03 May 2026 14:22:33 +0200 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
>>>> While reviewing the fixes submitted to batman-adv in the recent weeks,
>>>> further problems in similar or adjecent code was identified. This was either
>>>> noticed in the manual review or reported by sashiko.dev.
>>>
>>> Are you CCing netdev to get this reviewed by Sashiko?
>>> Please don't..
>>> We delegate code to sub-sub-systems to lower the patch volume :(
>>>
>>
>> Because of `b4 prep --auto-to-cc`. Will now manually remove you.
>
> To speed up the discussion: @Konstantin, is there a way in b4 to say "stop at
> the sub-sub-systems" when doing `b4 prep --auto-to-cc`? I am just trying to get the
> `b4` workflow somehow working with the netdev requirements.

Maybe a new option could be added, but that seems difficult to guess
where to stop, and to which subsystems to apply this.

Can you not simply omit using `b4 prep --auto-to-cc` when working
with "internal" patches?

On my side, that's what I'm doing. I added a .b4-config file with this
content, not to have to specify --set-prefix nor --to:

[b4]
    send-series-to = MPTCP Linux <mptcp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    prep-pre-flight-checks = disable-needs-auto-to-cc
    send-prefixes = mptcp-next

Cheers,
Matt