linux-kernel - Re: Steam is broken on new kernels

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:43:54 -0700
From:   "Pierre-Loup A. Griffais" <pgriffais@...vesoftware.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <edumazet@...gle.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Steam is broken on new kernels



On 6/21/19 2:41 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 02:27:41PM -0700, Pierre-Loup A. Griffais wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> What specific commit caused the breakage?

Unclear as of yet, we're starting that process on our end just now. Not 
sure if a user has already performed a bisect and shared his findings in 
one of the links below, but we'll be scouring these and doing our own 
testing as next steps.

>