linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] Networking for v6.2-rc1

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:16:35 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PULL] Networking for v6.2-rc1

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 12:30 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Traffic is winding down significantly so let us pass our fixes to you
> earlier than the usual Thu schedule.
>
> We have a fix for the BPF issue we were looking at before 6.1 final,
> no surprises there. RxRPC fixes were merged relatively late so there's
> an outpour of follow ups. Last one worth mentioning is the tree-wide
> fix for network file systems / in-tree socket users, to prevent nested
> networking calls from corrupting socket memory allocator.

The  biggest changes seem to be to the intel 2.5Gb driver ("igc"), but
they weren't mentioned...

Also, maybe more people should look at this one:

   https://lore.kernel.org/all/6b971a4e-c7d8-411e-1f92-fda29b5b2fb9@kernel.org/

which seems to be a regression in 6.1 (and still present, afaik).

                Linus