Re: [PATCH net-next 00/18] Add ionic driver

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:19:52 -0700

> On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:24:06 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
>>  28 files changed, 9970 insertions(+)
> 
> Dave, could we consider setting a LoC limit for series and patches?
> I know this is a new driver, but there's gotta be a way to split 
> this up more, even if it's painful for the submitter :S
> 
> All the debugfs stuff shouldn't be necessary in the first version,
> just looking at first 2 patches...

I hear what you're saying.  But I have to balance this with the concern
for creating a barrier for entry to submitting new drivers.

However, looking from another perspective you are right that review
burdon is not purely on a number of patches level, but rather the
product of number of patches and lines per patch and thus LoC.

I'd hate to specify a hard nuber and would rather try to apply
judgment onto individual submissions and deal with it on a case
by case basis.

If someone thinks a submission is too large, anyone can just say that
and we'll see what happens.

Thanks.