netdev - Re: [stable request <= 3.11] net/mlx4

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Message-ID: <CAHTgTXWcSa0LaGd7+v+8eCLPPQ=ZNkttHuhbhx=ibW1DoDMPCA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:38:37 -0800
From:	Vinson Lee <vlee@...pensource.com>
To:	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	cwang@...pensource.com, ben@...adent.org.uk,
	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Jack Morgenstein <jackm@....mellanox.co.il>,
	Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.com>,
	Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [stable request <= 3.11] net/mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame race

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:09 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:22:18 -0800
>
>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:41 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> There is no documented way nor do I wish to state anything so strictly.
>>> I want maximum flexibility for such a time consuming task.
>>>
>>> I tend to go back 3 or 4 releases at most, and it really depends upon
>>> the difficulty of the backports and my own time constraints.
>>
>> You should really offload to developers, otherwise too much work for you. :)
>
> That's exactly what I am doing by having the -stable maintainers for older
> releases deal with the backports and other pains.

+ stable

Please backport upstream commit
2d4b646613d6b12175b017aca18113945af1faf3 "net/mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame
race" to stable kernels. David is no longer supporting 3.10 and older.

Please refer to http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=141366689811844 for
previous comments in thread.

Cheers,
Vinson
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