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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:41:59 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, mst@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: kernel BUG in __skb_gso_segment
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:42:59AM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>
>
> On 21.12.2022 09:37, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:28:16AM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I added Greg KH to the thread, maybe he can shed some light on whether
> > > new support can be marked as fixes and backported to stable. The rules
> > > on what kind of patches are accepted into the -stable tree don't mention
> > > new support:
> > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> >
> > As you say, we don't take new features into older kernels. Unless they
> > fix a reported problem, if so, submit the git ids to us and we will be
> > glad to review them.
> >
>
> They do fix a bug. I'm taking care of it. Shall I update
> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst to mention this rule as
> well?
How exactly would you change it, and why?
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