netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip_gre/ip6_gre: add check for invalid csum

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:44:19 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Shreyansh Chouhan <chouhan.shreyansh630@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+ff8e1b9f2f36481e2efc@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip_gre/ip6_gre: add check for invalid csum_start

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 3:18 AM Shreyansh Chouhan
<chouhan.shreyansh630@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you Jakub and Willem for your reviews. I have separated the
> changes into two differnet patches. Sorry for the delay.

Thanks Shreyansh

> Where can I read about patch targets? I have seen patches with differnet
> targets but I do not know what they mean/how they work. I was not able
> to find the documentation for these.

Targeting these bug fixed to net was the right destination.
Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst has more context on the net vs
net-next distinction.