Re: [PATCH for-rc 0/4] RDMA/bnxt_re: Bug Fixes

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On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 09:56:09PM +0530, Selvin Xavier wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:28 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:02:31AM -0700, Selvin Xavier wrote:
> > > Few bug fixes for bnxt_re
> > >
> > > Patch 1 and 2 are fixes for two smatch warnings.
> > > Patch 3 fix some of the resource leaks in error path.
> > > Patch 4 changes the rtnl locking during registration to avoid system crash
> > >
> > > Please review and apply
> >
> > These patches all need better commit messages for the rc4 timeframe,
> > especially since some of them are so long.
> >
> > rc patches need to be fixing real bug, include a oops report or
> > clearly explain how the bug can be triggered. Read the
> >
> >  Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> >
> > File for guidlines.
> >
>  Patch 4 is a fix for oops. I feel this is needed for RC, even though
> its bit longer.

Include the oops message, it is much easier to justify that way.

Jason



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