Re: [PATCH 5.10 116/122] bnxt_en: Convert to use netif_level() helpers.

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Sep 21 2021 - 11:49:58 EST


On Tue, 2021-09-21 at 17:04 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 07:30:42AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-09-20 at 18:44 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > [ Upstream commit 871127e6ab0d6abb904cec81fc022baf6953be1f ]
> > >
> > > Use the various netif_level() helpers to simplify the C code. This was
> > > suggested by Joe Perches.
> >
> > There isn't an actual change here.
> >
> > Unless this is a precursor to another patch, this isn't anything
> > that should go into stable.
> >
> It is a dependancy for other fixes.

Then it's useful/necessary to mark it as such when applying it.