Re: [PATCH next v2 3/3] treewide: Convert some ethtool_sprintf() to ethtool_puts()

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 09:56:09PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> This patch converts some basic cases of ethtool_sprintf() to
> ethtool_puts().
> 
> The conversions are used in cases where ethtool_sprintf() was being used
> with just two arguments:
> |       ethtool_sprintf(&data, buffer[i].name);
> or when it's used with format string: "%s"
> |       ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", buffer[i].name);
> which both now become:
> |       ethtool_puts(&data, buffer[i].name);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c                     |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c                           |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-common.c                 |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb.c                |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366-core.c             |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c             |  8 +--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_ethtool.c      |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_ethtool.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c          |  4 +-
>  .../net/ethernet/fungible/funeth/funeth_ethtool.c  |  8 +--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_gmac.c |  2 +-
>  .../net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_xgmac.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c   | 65 +++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c     |  6 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c     |  3 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c       |  9 +--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c       |  6 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c       |  6 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c   |  5 +-
>  .../net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_ethtool.c |  2 +-
>  .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c   | 44 +++++++--------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_stats.c  |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c                    |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/phy/nxp-tja11xx.c                      |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/phy/smsc.c                             |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c              | 10 ++--
>  28 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)

What's the "next" branch that you expect this to be applied through, and
why is the patch "treewide"? It only affects networking drivers (I see
nothing outside of drivers/net/) - so it's "net: Convert ..." and it
should go through the "net-next.git" tree. The patch should be formatted
as "PATCH net-next" not "PATCH next", to make this absolutely clear.