Re: [PATCH 4.19 41/80] netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: Introduce and use nft_rbtree_interval_start()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue May 19 2020 - 08:14:02 EST


On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 02:06:25PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > [ Upstream commit 6f7c9caf017be8ab0fe3b99509580d0793bf0833 ]
> >
> > Replace negations of nft_rbtree_interval_end() with a new helper,
> > nft_rbtree_interval_start(), wherever this helps to visualise the
> > problem at hand, that is, for all the occurrences except for the
> > comparison against given flags in __nft_rbtree_get().
> >
> > This gets especially useful in the next patch.
>
> This looks like cleanup in preparation for the next patch. Next patch
> is there for some series, but not for 4.19.124. Should this be in
> 4.19, then?

What is the "next patch" in this situation?

thanks,

greg k-h