netdev - Re: [PATCH V1 net 0/2] net: ena: race condition bug fix and version update

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Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:06:32 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     akiyano@...zon.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dwmw@...zon.com, zorik@...zon.com,
        matua@...zon.com, saeedb@...zon.com, msw@...zon.com,
        aliguori@...zon.com, nafea@...zon.com, gtzalik@...zon.com,
        netanel@...zon.com, alisaidi@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 net 0/2] net: ena: race condition bug fix and
 version update 

From: <akiyano@...zon.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:17:42 +0200

> From: Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@...zon.com>
> 
> This patchset includes a fix to a race condition that can cause
> kernel panic, as well as a driver version update because of this
> fix.

Series applied and patch #1 queued up for -stable.

But I want to reiterate what Andrew said, the version is so increibly
useless and stupid.

I'm going to submit the fix to -stable, and then people will then
doubly and triply have no relationship between driver version number
and what fixes exist.