linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] l2tp: Avoid possible recursive deadlock in l2tp_tunnel

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Message-ID: <Y+vATfTKLogXw+Ki@debian>
Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:09:33 +0100
From:   Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
To:     Shigeru Yoshida <syoshida@...hat.com>
Cc:     jchapman@...alix.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] l2tp: Avoid possible recursive deadlock in
 l2tp_tunnel_register()

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 01:49:08AM +0900, Shigeru Yoshida wrote:
> Just one more thing.  I created this patch based on the mainline linux
> tree, but networking subsystem has own tree, net.  Is it preferable to
> create a patch based on net tree for networking patches?

Yes. Networking fixes should be based on the "net" tree:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git

For more details about posting patches to netdev, you can check
Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst

Or the online version:
https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

> Thanks,
> Shigeru
> 
> > 
>