Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Variable SLAAC: SLAAC with prefixes of arbitrary length in PIO

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Thu Nov 12 2020 - 21:01:31 EST


On 11/12/20 5:53 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> I do agree, though, that it's confusing *what* they reported, especially
>> if the patch in question is fixing something *else*. Rather than invent
>> a new tag, maybe a comment would suffice:
>>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> # bug in earlier revision
> Fine by me, although its not common to add Reported-by tags for people
> who point out issues in review, so why add a tag for the bot?

If for no other reason, it helps Philip and team generate accurate data
on how effective and helpful the bot is. That, in turn, plays a role in
making sure that Intel keeps funding it.