Re: [PATCH 7/8] bfa: Fix crash when symb name set for offline vport

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On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 07:38 -0700, Vijaya Mohan Guvva wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 23:05 -0800, vmohan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Vijaya Mohan Guvva <vmohan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This patch fixes a crash when tried setting symbolic name for an
> > > offline vport through sysfs. Crash is due to uninitialized pointer
> > > lport->ns, which gets initialized only on linkup (port online).
> > 
> > This looks like a separable patch that should go through the fixes tree to
> > stable, is that right?
> > 
> > James
> > 
> 
> Hi James,
> Yes, this is a bug fix and should go through the fixes tree to stable tree.
> So, should I separate this patch from the original patch and submit it separately?

No, that's OK this time around, I can cut this out of the set.  Next
time, having separate bug fixes and updates allows this to happen
without me having to ask.

James


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