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

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 08:49:52AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> 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.
> 

That's hard/difficult/messy to do :)