netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Bug fixes in ena ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <fac900d3-dae3-1c88-ceef-d28294ed7941@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 15:19:54 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netanel@...zon.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dwmw@...zon.com, zorik@...zon.com, matua@...zon.com,
        saeedb@...zon.com, msw@...zon.com, aliguori@...zon.com,
        nafea@...zon.com, evgenys@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Bug fixes in ena ethernet driver

On 06/09/2017 03:13 PM, netanel@...zon.com wrote:
> From: Netanel Belgazal <netanel@...zon.com>
> 
> This patchset contains fixes for the bugs that were discovered so far.

If these are all fixes you should submit them against the "net" tree.
net-next is for features [1].

Since these are fixes, you may also want to provide a Fixes: 12-digit
commit ("commit subject") [2] such that David can queue these patches
for stable trees and this can be retrofitted into kernel distributions.

[1]:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt#n25

[2]:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n183

> 
> Netanel Belgazal (8):
>   net: ena: fix rare uncompleted admin command false alarm
>   net: ena: fix bug that might cause hang after consecutive open/close
>     interface.
>   net: ena: add missing return when ena_com_get_io_handlers() fails
>   net: ena: fix race condition between submit and completion admin
>     command
>   net: ena: add missing unmap bars on device removal
>   net: ena: fix theoretical Rx hang on low memory systems
>   net: ena: disable admin msix while working in polling mode
>   net: ena: bug fix in lost tx packets detection mechanism
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c     |  35 +++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_ethtool.c |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c  | 179 +++++++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.h  |  16 ++-
>  4 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
> 


-- 
Florian