netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tg3: Fix deadlock in tg3_change

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Date:	Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:10:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nsujir@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tg3: Fix deadlock in tg3_change_mtu()

From: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:08:41 -0800

> I apologize. For some reason, I was under the impression that the rule
> applied to core networking and not driver-only changes. Will keep this
> in mind.
> 
> How should I proceed with this? Should I resubmit?

You don't need to resubmit.

> Also, I'm a little confused as to why my previous submissions to net
> with stable Cc'd were ok. E.g. commit
> 375679104ab3ccfd18dcbd7ba503734fb9a2c63a - "tg3: Expand
> 4g_overflow_test workaround to skb fragments of any size.". Did it
> slip by because I didn't have the < >?

I didn't catch them at the time, that's all.  I process hundreds of
patches a day.

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