netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: fix NULL pointer reference in cipso_v4_doi

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Date:   Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:08:47 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     王贇 <yun.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: fix NULL pointer reference in cipso_v4_doi_free"

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:31 PM 王贇 <yun.wang@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> On 2021/9/3 上午10:15, Paul Moore wrote:
> [snip]
> >> both v1 and v2 are there with the same description and both code modification
> >> are applied.
> >>
> >> We want revert v1 but not in a revert patch style, then do you suggest
> >> send a normal patch to do the code revert?
> >
> > It sounds like DaveM wants you to create a normal (not a revert) patch
> > that removes the v1 changes while leaving the v2 changes intact.  In
> > the patch description you can mention that v1 was merged as a mistake
> > and that v2 is the correct fix (provide commit IDs for each in your
> > commit description using the usual 12-char hash snippet followed by
> > the subject in parens-and-quotes).
>
> Thanks for the kindly explain, I've sent:
>   [PATCH] net: remove the unnecessary check in cipso_v4_doi_free
>
> Which actually revert the v1 and mentioned v2 fixed the root casue,
> Would you please take a look see if that is helpful?

That looks correct to me, acked.  Thanks.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com