linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix memory leak

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Message-ID: <56AF5625.5030701@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:57:09 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix memory leak

Hello.

On 2/1/2016 12:28 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:

>> On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:03:35AM +1100, Julian Calaby wrote:
>>> Hi Sudip,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:49 PM, Sudip Mukherjee
>>> <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com> wrote:
>>>> On error we jumped to the error label and returned the error code but we
>>>> missed releasing sinfo.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
>>>
>>> Should the From: and Signed-off-by: email addresses be the same?
>>
>> I think 2 years back I had a long discussion with Greg about this and
>> since then I al submitting patches like this. A small summayg of the
>> problem from that discussion:
>>
>> "we have strict DMARC check for the corporate mail server. DMARC =
>> domain based message authentication.
>> So the mail i sent reached all the list subscriber from a different
>> server than our designated server, and as a result it is marked as spam
>> in many places and I have already received a few complaints regarding
>> that."
>
> You can add a separate "From:" line to the beginning of the commit log
> and git will use it then commiting the patch. I didn't find any
> documention but it's easy to do and should solve this.

    Documentation/SubmittingPatches, clause 14.

MBR, Sergei