netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tipc: remove the unnecessary msg->req check from tipc_nl_compat_bearer

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:54:02 +0800
From:   Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tipc: remove the unnecessary msg->req check from tipc_nl_compat_bearer_set

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:35 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:02:42 +0800
>
> > tipc_nl_compat_bearer_set() is only called by tipc_nl_compat_link_set()
> > which already does the check for msg->req check, so remove it from
> > tipc_nl_compat_bearer_set(), and do the same in tipc_nl_compat_media_set().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
>
> Is this really appropriate as a fix for 'net'?  Seems more like net-next material
> to me.
kind of code fix, sure, you can apply it to net-next, no conflict.
do you need me to repost?