netdev - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix kernel warning for improper call of del_timer

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 07:48:59 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Haggai Eran <haggai.eran@...il.com>,
	Arek Rusniak <arek.rusi@...il.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix kernel warning for improper call
 of del_timer_sync()

On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 07:14 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 10:07:59PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > As far as I understand, the Eudyptula Challenge list has
> > internal mechanisms to nominally review patches before some
> > patch is submitted to lkml.
> 
> No it does not.

That's not quite what was described to me by someone behind the
email address:
"Little Penguin <little@...yptula-challenge.org>" back in August.

What I understood from that email was there is a qualifying
formatting component to the challenge and then patches were to be
sent to maintainers and lists.

> > The main point is that patches shouldn't be applied without
> > being submitted to a more widely read list.
> 
> I take the blame for any problems with Outreachy patches.

Are you going to change any procedure associated to these
Outreachy patches?


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