> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:da...@davemloft.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 8:17 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> de...@linuxdriverproject.org; o...@aepfle.de; a...@canonical.com;
> jasow...@redhat.com; stable@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: net-next: hyperv: Fix a bug in
> netvsc_start_xmit()
> 
> From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <k...@microsoft.com>
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:49:51 -0700
> 
> > After the packet is successfully sent, we should not touch the skb as
> > it may have been freed. This patch is based on the work done by Long
> > Li <lon...@microsoft.com>.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>
> > Tested-by: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> 
> You hyperv guys really have to get your act together.  This is not properly
> submitted.
> 
> Most importantly, this is a serious reference to free memory bug.
> Therefore it should be targetted at 'net' not 'net-next'.
> 
> Secondly, you do not CC: stable for networking changes, you instead ask me
> to queue it up for my next batch of -stable networking changes.
> 
> Thirdly, your Subject line is malformed.  You should not use
> "Drivers: " as a prefix.  Just the driver name is sufficient.
> You should also not mentionen the target GIT tree outside of the [PATCH ...]
> bracketed area.
> 
> Also, please be cognizant of how much of my time you unnecessarily
> consume when you make a malformed submission like this.  That is time I
> could spend reviewing other patches.

Sorry about that; I will resubmit this patch after addressing all the issues 
you have raised.

Regards,

K. Y
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