linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.20 018/352] ath9k: dynack: use authentication messages for late ack

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Message-ID: <b76468d1-13db-b4e6-beb1-097251f5627c@ncentric.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:40:14 +0100
From:   Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@...ntric.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.20 018/352] ath9k: dynack: use authentication messages
 for late ack


On 11.02.19 18:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>
>> Dear Greg,
>>
>> No idea if this is the proper location to report this or if I should inform
>> stable@...r.. , but:
>>
>> This backport alone is useless without backporting following 2 commits below
>> also, unless the 2 wifi devices using dynack start off at very close
>> distance.
>>
>> Their commits messages indicate them as improvements, but they should be
>> considered as fixes.
>>
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=0c60c490830a1a756c80f8de8d33d9c6359d4a36
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=9d3d65a91f027b8a9af5e63752d9b78cb10eb92d
>>
>>
>> It's safe to add them to all stables involved (4.20, 4.19, 4.14, 4.9)
> Thanks, that looks reasonable, now queued up.
>
> greg k-h


Hi Greg,

Just noticed the primary dynack patch also got merged into 4.4 stable rc

Could you also apply the 2 fixes above to 4.4?


Checked older versions (< 4.4) .. and they are not required there.


Highly appreciated,

Koen