linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] net: cdc

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Message-ID: <e64bb76f-a302-062f-58a5-22fcec3fdb23@mentor.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 May 2017 13:02:39 +0100
From:   "Baxter, Jim" <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
To:     Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
CC:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] net: cdc_ncm: Fix TX zero padding

Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no> writes:

> "Baxter, Jim" <jim_baxter@...tor.com> writes:
> 
>>
>> Do I need to submit this to the stable queue myself?
> 
> No, davem will handle that.
> 
> That is, assuming that you had posted this to netdev in the first
> place... Sorry, I just assumed you did without verifying it when I
> replied.  You will have to repost the patch to the appropriate
> recepients.  Use
> 
>  scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
> 
> for that.  Feel free to include my Reviewed-by tag. And if you mark the
> patch for "stable" somewhere outside the commit message, then davem will
> pick that up and add it to his stable queue in patchwork. I don't know
> if there is any officially documented way to do this, but a "stable" tag
> inside the [] brackets in the subject, or a comment below the --- marker,
> usually works fine.
> 
> Note that the "Cc: stable..." method isn't used for netdev patches. See
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> 
> 
> Bjørn
> 

Thank you, I will resend this to netdev.

I had used the command:
scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c --sections

so only sent it to the lists in the first section "USB CDC ETHERNET DRIVER".
I will remove the --sections in future.

Jim