linux-kernel - Re: [stable] NFS client packet storm on 2.6.27.x

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Message-ID: <20090713172001.GA22775@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:20:01 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Kasparek Tomas <kasparek@....vutbr.cz>
Cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] NFS client packet storm on 2.6.27.x

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 01:12:15PM +0200, Kasparek Tomas wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:55:32AM +0200, Kasparek Tomas wrote:
> > http://www.linux-nfs.org/Linux-2.6.x/2.6.27/
> > 
> > .../fixups_4/linux-2.6.27-001-respond_promptly_to_socket_errors.dif
> > .../fixups_4/linux-2.6.27-002-respond_promptly_to_socket_errors_2.dif
> > 
> > ...
> > Together with tcp_linger patch it seems to improve the situation a lot to
> > state when it is possible for me to use 2.6.27.x kernels.
> > 
> > Trond, will it be possible to get tcp_linger and the upper twho patches to
> > 2.6.27.x stable queue so others get these fixes?
> 
> I got no response so far, is there someone who could advise me what to do
> to get above patches to 2.6.27.x stable? Or is there some reason, why this
> is not possible at all?

Can you backport them and send them to stable@...nel.org with the git
commit ids of the orignal patches?

thanks,

greg k-h
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