Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio-net: avoid unnecessary checksum calculation on guest RX

[Paolo Abeni]

On 11/25/25 9:00 PM, Jon Kohler wrote:
>> On Nov 25, 2025, at 12:57 PM, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> CC netdev
> 
> Thats odd, I used git send-email --to-cmd='./scripts/get_maintainer.pl,
> but it looks like in MAINTAINERS, that only would have hit
> VIRTIO CORE AND NET DRIVERS, 

?!? not here:

./scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/virtio_net.c
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:VIRTIO CORE AND NET
DRIVERS)
Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:VIRTIO CORE AND NET DRIVERS)
Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (reviewer:VIRTIO CORE AND NET
DRIVERS)
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@xxxxxxxxxx> (reviewer:VIRTIO CORE AND NET DRIVERS)
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:VIRTIO CORE AND NET DRIVERS)
netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)

The "NETWORKING DRIVER" entry should catch even virtio_net. Something
odd in your setup?!?

BTW, this is a bit too late, but you should wait at least 24h before
reposting on netdev:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17.9/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L422

/P