linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.15] batman-adv: Use netif_rx_any

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Message-ID: <YtwRk2OVuALT3khr@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 23 Jul 2022 17:19:47 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>,
        Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
        Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>,
        b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15] batman-adv: Use netif_rx_any_context() any.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 06:08:12PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> This reverts the stable commit
>    e65d78b12fbc0 ("batman-adv: Use netif_rx().")
> 
> The commit message says:
> 
> | Since commit
> |    baebdf48c3600 ("net: dev: Makes sure netif_rx() can be invoked in any context.")
> |
> | the function netif_rx() can be used in preemptible/thread context as
> | well as in interrupt context.
> 
> This commit (baebdf48c3600) has not been backported to the 5.15 stable
> series and therefore, the commit which builds upon it, must not be
> backported either.
> 
> Revert the backport and use netif_rx_any_context() again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h