netdev - Re: [v2] cdc-ether: divorce initialisation with a filter reset and a generic method

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:24:31 +0530
From:   Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "oneukum@...e.com" <oneukum@...e.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bjorn@...k.no" <bjorn@...k.no>
Subject: Re: [v2] cdc-ether: divorce initialisation with a filter reset and a
 generic method



On Wednesday 04 October 2017 10:32 AM, Vignesh R wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 03 October 2017 10:29 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:39:18 +0530
>>
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> On Monday 22 May 2017 06:20 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>>>> Some devices need their multicast filter reset but others are crashed by that.
>>>> So the methods need to be separated.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
>>>> Reported-by: "Ridgway, Keith" <kridgway@...ris.com>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> I see this patch was merged and said to be queued for -stable, but I
>>> don't see this fix in any of the stable kernels. Would you please ask
>>> for this patch to be backported to -stable kernels?
>>
>> I submit networking -stable patches at a time of my own choosing.
>> Usually 1 to 2 weeks after it gets applied to my tree.
>>
> 
> Sorry, but this patch was merged in v4.12-rc3(end of May) and I did not
> see them in netdev stable patchwork nor in Greg's queue. Hence, I
> thought this patch might have slipped through the cracks.
> 

Unfortunately, I still don't see this patch in any of the stable queues.
Its been 5 months since this patch was added to linux mainline. Can this
patch be now forwarded to stable trees?

-- 
Regards
Vignesh