# Re: \[PATCHv2 net 0/5\] sctp: some fixes of prsctp polices

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2016-09-28 15:17:29 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/09/11030824
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/09/11030771/t.md

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From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:35:40 +0800

>>
>>> This patchset is to improve some codes about prsctp polices, and also
>>> to fix some issues.
>>>
>>> v1->v2:
>>>   - wrap the check of chunk->sent_count in a macro:
>>>     sctp_chunk_retransmitted in patch 2/5.
>>
>> This series is a mix of bug fixes (patch #1) which should be targetting
>> 'net' and simplifications/cleanups (patch #2-5) which should be targetting
>> 'net-next'.
>>
>> Please do not mix things up like this, and submit patches targetting
>> the appropriate tree.
>>
> understand, I wanted to divide them.
> but this patchset is special, the following patches
> depend on patch 1/5.

That doesn't matter.  This happens all the time.

The way you handle this is you submit patch #1 targetting 'net' and
wait for it to get into 'net' and propagate into 'net-next'.  When
that happens you can submit patches #2-5 as a second patch series
targetting 'net-next'.
```