netdev - Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: drop legacy features in virtio 1 mode

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Date:   Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:36:08 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mst@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        jasowang@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: drop legacy features in virtio 1 mode

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:55:36 +0200

> Virtio 1.0 spec says VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT and VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO are
> legacy-only feature bits. Do not negotiate them in virtio 1 mode.  Note
> this is a spec violation so we need to backport it to stable/downstream
> kernels.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Applied.