netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 00/11] net: Fix netdev adjacency tracking

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Message-ID: <295372c1-a359-d560-2856-45e5f0c183be@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:58:23 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dledford@...hat.com,
        sean.hefty@...el.com, hal.rosenstock@...il.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
        vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 00/11] net: Fix netdev adjacency tracking

On 10/18/16 9:46 AM, David Miller wrote:
> Series applied, but the recursion is disappointing.
> 
> If we run into problems due to kernel stack depth because of this with
> some configurations (reasonable or not, if we allow it then it can't
> crash the kernel), we will either need to find a way to make this walk
> iterative or revert these changes.

understood.

Since 4.9 is tagged as the next LTS I would like to see the series applied to it at some point - assuming no problems show up with wider exposure in net-next.