netdev - Re: Stable request for 5882a07c72093d

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:18:36 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Dave Chiluk <chiluk@...onical.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	Wei-Chun Chao <weichunc@...mgrid.com>
Subject: Re: Stable request for 5882a07c72093d

On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 10:56 -0500, Dave Chiluk wrote:
> Commit 5882a07c72093dc3a18e2d2b129fb200686bb6ee remedies a BUG_ON in
> skb_segment.  This is hit reliably in clouds that are using openvswitch for
> network capabilities (which is the default network used by Openstack) on
> machines that have gso offload capabilities.  
> 
> This has already been reported multiple times to Canonical in numerous
> openstack clouds.  The fix has been integrated and tested in those clouds, and
> has been show to resolve their issues.
> 
> Please include this patch for stable release.
> 
> Thank you, 
> Dave Chiluk
> 
> The patch follows for convenience.
> --

Both original commit and your request lack the bug origin.

I wish bug submissions are more explicit in this regard, using

Fixes: sha1-12digits ("title")

It would save a lot of time for stable teams, and ease future bug
hunting as well.



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