linux-kernel - Re: [net] ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input

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Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 17:47:12 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@...roma2.it>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
 David Lebrun <david.lebrun@...ouvain.be>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Ahmed Abdelsalam <ahabdels.dev@...il.com>,
 Paolo Lungaroni <paolo.lungaroni@...roma2.it>,
 Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@...roma2.it>
Subject: Re: [net] ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core

* The message subject would have been a bit nicer with the key word “PATCH”.

* How do you think about to append parentheses to the function name?

…
> The proposed patch addresses the identified memory leak by …

Will a corresponding imperative wording be more desirable for
an improved change description?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9#n94

Regards,
Markus