linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Fix serialization of non-masked set actions.

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Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:39:45 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joestringer@...ira.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@...ira.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jrajahalme@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Fix serialization of non-masked
 set actions.

From: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2015 18:49:56 -0800

> Set actions consist of a regular OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attribute nested inside
> of a OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET action attribute. When converting masked actions
> back to regular set actions, the inner attribute length was not changed,
> ie, double the length being serialized. This patch fixes the bug.
> 
> Fixes: 83d2b9b ("net: openvswitch: Support masked set actions.")
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
> ---
> This fix needs to be applied to net as well; it applies cleanly.

This is backwards, don't do this.  Just say that 'net' needs the fix
and submit it targetting that tree only.  Things in 'net' propagate
into 'net-next' automatically as I do merges over time, but the
opposite is not true.
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