On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:33:56AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:24:50 +0200 Alexandra Winter wrote: > > > Yes, it should be sent to net. But the problem is that if I don't carry > > > this patch, the BPF CI test will always crash. Maybe I should send a > > > copy to both net and bpf-next? Do you have any suggestions? > > > > I do not have any experience with bpf-next. But typically patches > > to 'net' are taken after one or two days, if there are no issues. > > I'd assume they are then picked to net-next and bpf-next(?) almost instantly. > > Then you would not need it in your bpf series anymore. > > AFAIU the patches which land in net will make it to -next trees after > respective PR with fixes. So > > > patch -> > net -> > [next Thu] Linus -> > [same day] net-next > [at some point] bpf PR -> > Linux > -> bpf-next > > What gets applied to net should be in net-next in a week, > and most -next trees within 2 weeks. That's very helpful. Based on those infomations, I will send this prerequisite patch to the net tree first. I'll then wait for about two weeks for it to propagate to bpf-next before submitting the rest of my BPF series. Best regards, D. Wythe
