Re: [PATCH net-next 00/23] rxrpc: Fixes and preparation for RxGK

[David Miller]

From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2020 22:24:55 +0100

> David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> > Since the fixes in the set need to go after the patches in net-next, should I
>> > resubmit just those for net-next, or sit on them till -rc1?
>> 
>> My 'net' tree is always open for bug fixes, and that's where bug fixes
>> belong.  Not 'net-next'.
> 
> "Need to go after the patches in net-next" - ie. there's a dependency.

If the bugs exist before your net-next changes, that doesn't make any
sense.  The fixes have to be against whatever is in 'net'.

If the fixes are introduced by your net-next changes, you should
integrate them into your net-next changes.