linux-kernel - Aw: [PATCH] staging: net: ipv4: tcp_westwood: fixed warnings and checks

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Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:22:50 +0100
From:   "Lino Sanfilippo" <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
To:     "Suraj Singh" <suraj1998@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        suraj1998@...il.com
Subject: Aw: [PATCH] staging: net: ipv4: tcp_westwood: fixed warnings and
 checks

Hi,

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 08. November 2018 um 10:46 Uhr
> Von: "Suraj Singh" <suraj1998@...il.com>
> An: davem@...emloft.net
> Cc: kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, suraj1998@...il.com
> Betreff: [PATCH] staging: net: ipv4: tcp_westwood: fixed warnings and checks
>
> Fixed warnings and checks for TCP Westwood
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suraj Singh <suraj1998@...il.com>
> ---

You use the prefix "staging" again in you subject line, which still is wrong. "staging" means that you
fix something from the staging area (see drivers/staging/ in the kernel sources. BTW: the staging area is a much
better starting point for first patches than the core parts of the network subsystem).
Also if you send a subsequent version of a patch you have to write the version number (e.g. v2) in the 
subject line. Have a look at other patch submissions on this mailing list for examples.

Regards,
Lino