netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/11] ipv6: Only create RTF_CACHE route after encountering pmtu exception

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Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:27:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kafai@...com
Cc:	holler@...oftware.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, ja@....bg,
	steffen.klassert@...unet.com, Kernel-team@...com,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 00/11] ipv6: Only create RTF_CACHE route
 after encountering pmtu exception

From: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:36:38 -0700

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:43:20AM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
>> That's why I vote to check out if it's possible/reasonable to backport this
>> series to the stable kernels.
> I have backported to 4.0.y without major issue, so possible.
> 
> I did try on 3.1x and gave up.
> 
> It is a lot of changes,  so I don't think it is a good idea for -stable.

I am absolutely, firmly, against any of this work going into -stable.

It is completely inappropriate, the potential for regressions is
enormous.
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