linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.12 117/133] alpha: fix broken network checksum

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Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:40:37 -0500 (EST)
From:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
To:	Michael Cree <mcree@...on.net.nz>
cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.12 117/133] alpha: fix broken network checksum



On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Michael Cree wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 01:08:38PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
> > 
> > commit 0ef38d70d4118b2ce1a538d14357be5ff9dc2bbd upstream.
> > 
> > The patch 3ddc5b46a8e90f3c9251338b60191d0a804b0d92 breaks networking on
> > alpha (there is a follow-up fix 5cfe8f1ba5eebe6f4b6e5858cdb1a5be4f3272a6,
> > but networking is still broken even with the second patch).
> 
> I wonder whether that follow-up (partial) fix mentioned
> (5cfe8f1ba5eebe6f4b6e5858cdb1a5be4f3272a6) should be pulled into 3.12 stable
> too?
> 
> Cheers
> Michael.

I think it doesn't have to be backported.

Mikulas
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