netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:03:07 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     Cezar Bulinaru <cbulinaru@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in
 dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null

On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:52:04 +0200 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> >  drivers/net/tap.c                    |  21 +-
> >  tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile |   2 +-
> >  tools/testing/selftests/net/tap.c    | 395 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++  
> 
> Is there prior art in mixing fixes and tests? Should the test go to
> net or always to net-next?

Not sure if there is any official guidance, but I usually put both 
together. Separate patches in the same series, targeting one tree.