netdev - Re: [PATCH] vlan: Fix the ingress VLAN_FLAG_REORDER

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Message-ID: <20110609060105.GA6286@minipsycho.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:01:06 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, greearb@...delatech.com,
	nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, fubar@...ibm.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vlan: Fix the ingress VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR check v2

Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:08:13AM CEST, xiaosuo@...il.com wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Why we can't remove this right away?
>>
>
>I think the reason is this patch is a bug fix for the stable kernel,
>so we should not introduce new features or remove old features.

But for net-next if should be ok, right?

What's the reason for possibility of removing the reorder flag? Why
would user want do it?

Thanks

Jirka
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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