netdev - Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Reset key metadata for packet execution.

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Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:40:56 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pshelar@...ira.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Reset key metadata for packet
 execution.

From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:35:16 -0800

> Userspace packet execute command pass down flow key for given
> packet. But userspace can skip some parameter with zero value.
> Therefore kernel needs to initialize key metadata to zero.
> 
> Fixes: 0714812134 ("openvswitch: Eliminate memset() from flow_extract.")
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

Applied, but...

> + 	memset(key, 0, OVS_SW_FLOW_KEY_METADATA_SIZE);

There's a space before the TAB in that indentation, and git even
warns about this when applying patches.

I fixed it up, but this is one of the basic things you should be
dealing with before submitting your changes.

Thanks.
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