Re: [PATCH 0/2] BQL support and fix for a regression issue

[David Miller]

From: sunil.kovvuri@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:35:19 +0530

> From: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> These patches add byte queue limit support and also fixes a regression
> issue introduced by commit
> 'net: thunderx: Use netdev's name for naming VF's interrupts'

The correct way to refer to commits when you fix a bug is
to use the "Fixes: " tag right before the signoffs and ACKs.

The correct form is:

Fixes: $SHA1_ID ("Commit header line.")

You'll see this in many other netdev commits.