linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/21] 4.4.36-stable review

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 06:28:58 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Andre Noll <maan@...bingen.mpg.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux@...ck-us.net,
        shuah.kh@...sung.com, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/21] 4.4.36-stable review

Sure, this patch must definitely go in 4.4

Also worth noting that you could also use a module for your NIC as a
work around.



On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Andre Noll <maan@...bingen.mpg.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 14:53, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote
>> > It fixes a regression introduced in 4.4.34 which makes systems
>> > unbootable for us. We are currently running that patch on top of
>> > 4.4.35 and I can confirm that it fixes the issue.
>>
>> I wait for networking stable patches to come from the networking
>> maintainer, as he batches them up and runs them through testing before
>> forwarding them on.
>>
>> That being said, this looks like an "easy" one to take, Davie, any
>> objection to me queueing this up now?
>
> OK, thanks for the clarification. There is no hurry, I just wanted to
> make sure the patch doesn't get lost.
>
> Best
> Andre
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