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

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Date:   Sun, 11 Jun 2017 12:28:00 +0000
From:   "Belgazal, Netanel" <netanel@...zon.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        "Machulsky, Zorik" <zorik@...zon.com>,
        "Matushevsky, Alexander" <matua@...zon.com>,
        "BSHARA, Said" <saeedb@...zon.com>,
        "Wilson, Matt" <msw@...zon.com>,
        "Liguori, Anthony" <aliguori@...zon.com>,
        "Bshara, Nafea" <nafea@...zon.com>,
        "Schmeilin, Evgeny" <evgenys@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Bug fixes in ena ethernet driver

Ack.
resubmitting to net branch and adding "Fixes" mark.
________________________________________
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 11:11 PM
To: f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc: Belgazal, Netanel; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Woodhouse, David; Machulsky, Zorik; Matushevsky, Alexander; BSHARA, Said; Wilson, Matt; Liguori, Anthony; Bshara, Nafea; Schmeilin, Evgeny
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] Bug fixes in ena ethernet driver

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 15:19:54 -0700

> 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

Yeah I agree.  If they are genuine bug fixes they should be submitted
against 'net'.  And yes, Fixes: tags are quite desirable as well.