netdev - Re: [PATCH 4.4-only] openvswitch: clear sender cpu before forwarding packets

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Message-ID: <20170518081149.GA31512@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 10:11:49 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Anoob Soman <anoob.soman@...rix.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@...ira.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4-only] openvswitch: clear sender cpu before forwarding
 packets

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:21:09AM +0100, Anoob Soman wrote:
> On 17/05/17 09:19, Greg KH wrote:
> > Why is this a non-upstream patch?  What commit in Linus's tree fixed
> > this?  Why not just backport that?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Agreed, I think it is sensible to backport 52bd2d62ce67 "net: better
> skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation" to 4.4, rather than having a
> different patch.

So backporting that one patch solves the issue here?  Can you please
verify it, and let me know before I apply it?

thanks,

greg k-h