netdev - Re: [stable 2.6.32.y PATCH 0/6] net: fixes for cached dsts are never invalidated

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Message-ID: <20121019201803.GG8315@kvack.org>
Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:18:03 -0400
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable 2.6.32.y PATCH 0/6] net: fixes for cached dsts are never invalidated

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:03:18PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> OK. Is is because the issue is less important there or because the fix are
> more risky than the issues they fix (or any other reason) ?

The behaviour of 2.6.32.x is certainly a regression from previous stable 
kernels used by various distributions (ie 2.6.18), and is quite serious 
for those of us running routers on top of these releases.

		-ben
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