linux-kernel - Steam is broken on new kernels

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Message-ID: <a624ec85-ea21-c72e-f997-06273d9b9f9e@valvesoftware.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:27:41 -0700
From:   "Pierre-Loup A. Griffais" <pgriffais@...vesoftware.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Steam is broken on new kernels

This seems to have broken us:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.11

Here's some affected users:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6326

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/c37lmh/psa_steam_does_not_connect_on_kernels_newer_than/

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Networking-Kernel-Woes

I don't really understand that distributions that claim to be desktop 
products would have fast-tracked a server-oriented fix to all their 
users without testing one of the primary desktop usecases, but that's 
another thing to figure out later.