Re: [PATCH net v4 0/7] net: stmmac: More selftest-related fixes

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 18:22:17 EST


On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:53:31 +0200 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> This is V4 of stmmac selftest fixes, addressing Sashiko's issues over
> the MTU patch. This lead to the introduction of a new one. The
> dev_add_pack races have been addressed, however the double-vlan issue
> stayed there. Ovidiu is actively working on it, let's wait for his work
> to land before fixing that.
>
> Nicolai, I took the liberty of keeping your review tags on affected
> patches, let me know if this isn't ok.
>
> This is another round of stmmac selftest fixes, mostly about the selftests
> themselves but a few things were discovered w.r.t MTU and buffer size
> handling, see patch 5 anf 6.
>
> After this is merged, I consider the selftests to be now reliable enough
> to run them nightly on every stmmac series that's sent, and I'll be requiring
> clean selftests for new glue drivers.

This got to the top of the stack for me, LMK if none of the AI feedback
is legit. You mentioned the VLAN one, not sure about the rest.
The EEE complaints look like nit picks but also some are easily
addressable? LMK..