On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 04:41:19PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:15:38 -0800 Bobby Eshleman wrote: > > > > I'm not sure what the policy is in netdev, but I would prefer to have > > > > selftest changes in another patch (I think earlier in the series so as > > > > not to break the bisection), in order to simplify backporting (e.g. in > > > > CentOS Stream, to keep the backport small, I didn't backport the dozens > > > > of patches for selftest that we did previously). > > > > Sounds good! I wasn't sure if breakage so tightly coupled should be in > > the same patch or not, I'm happy to split it up to ease backporting. > > FWIW the netdev recommendation is indeed to split the selftests out. > Also to bungle selftest patches with the fix into one series targeting > net, even tho the selftests patches won't have a Fixes tag.
Duly noted, thanks. -Bobby
