linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mscc: fix locking in vsc85xx_default

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:01:25 +0100
From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:     Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        allan.nielsen@...rochip.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mscc: fix locking in vsc85xx_default_config

On Nov 20 2018, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...tlin.com> wrote:

> You also need to prefix your patch with [PATCH net-next] instead of only
> [PATCH]. This is specific to the net subsystem.

Why next?  This is a bug fix that needs to go in now, not next.

> Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on your patch to get the people to put in
> Cc and in To.

The same people as the original patch the added the bug.  Why would it
be different now?

Andreas.

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