netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] IPV6: checkpatch corrections

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Date:	Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:08:20 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Ian Morris <ipm@...rality.org.uk>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] IPV6: checkpatch corrections

On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 13:04 +0100, Ian Morris wrote:
> No changes to logic, just whitespace adjustments to coding style : tab/space cleanup.
> objdump shows no differences
> diff -w shows no differences

Hello again Ian.

Some minor notes:

You should also use a cover letter so that
the patches are threaded better.

	"git format-patch --cover-letter"

A cover makes it easier to apply and makes
it easier to reply to a subject for all of
the patches but not a specific one.

The patches seem fine, but the patch subjects
should be different for all 4 of these.

This one should be something like:

ipv6: convert spaces to tabs

and the others;

ipv6: Neaten structure definitions
ipv6: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL after declarations
ipv6: Neaten brace and break style

These are patches that are not going to be
applied to the current net repo, but could be
applied to the net-next repo.

So please send these with a "[PATCH net-next]"
patch prefix.  You can do that with:

git format-patch --subject-prefix="PATCH net-next"

Lastly, the net-next tree is not "open" now.

During the "merge window", immediately after a
non -rc release, when changes are pulled from
various maintainer trees to the master one,
changes to these maintainer trees are generally
frozen and not accepted from others.

It takes about 3 weeks between the start of the
merge window until the -net-next tree is open
for changes again.

David Miller sends an announcement email for
both events to the netdev mailing list.

A lot of this is documented here:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

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