linux-kernel - Re: ADSL/ATM linklayer tc shaping regression fix commits for stable

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Message-ID: <20130820151650.GA18016@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:16:50 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bufferbloat-list <bloat@...ts.bufferbloat.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Dave Taht <dave.taht@...il.com>
Subject: Re: ADSL/ATM linklayer tc shaping regression fix commits for stable

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 01:26:29PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> Hi Greg (and google search),
> 
> ADSL/ATM linklayer shaping were broken in kernel release from 3.8 to
> 3.10 by commit 56b765b79 ("htb: improved accuracy at high rates").
> 
> I can see that 3.9-stable is marked EOL, and 3.8-stable also seems
> closed.  I guess it is up to Greg, how far the commits described below
> can be backported.  Below is the commit needed for a 3.9 backport.

As you say, 3.8 and 3.9 are end-of-life, so there's nothing I can, or
even want, to do with them, sorry.

If there are issues with 3.10, that's a different story.

> Refactor improvements (v3.11-rc1):
>  commit 130d3d68b52 (net_sched: psched_ratecfg_precompute() improvements)
> 
> The linklayer ATM/ADSL fix, reached 3.11-rc6:
>  commit 8a8e3d84b17 (net_sched: restore "linklayer atm" handling)

David sends me the networking patches for the stable tree, and if he
thinks these are applicable, then I'll take them.

thanks,

greg k-h
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