netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] cxgb3: fix up vpd strings for kstrto*()

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:50:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	swise@...ngridcomputing.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, santosh@...lsio.com, hariprasad@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] cxgb3: fix up vpd strings for kstrto*()

From: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:34:24 -0800

> The vpd strings are left justified, in a fixed length array, with possible
> trailing white space and no NUL.  So fix them up before calling kstrto*().
> 
> This is a recent regression which causes cxgb3 to fail to load.
> 
> Fixes:e72c932('cxgb3: Convert simple_strtoul to kstrtox')

Space after "Fixes: ", and after the commit ID too.  Double quotes to surround
the commit change log header line.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>

Applied, thanks.