netdev - Re: Cherry pick commit *net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi

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Message-ID: <8a1f02849ee8e65bd8799c65c9bee622@molgen.mpg.de>
Date:   Fri, 02 Jun 2017 23:37:13 +0200
From:   Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org,
        it+linux-netdev@...gen.mpg.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: Cherry pick commit *net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id
 cohabitation* to 4.4 series?

Dear David,


On 2017-06-02 20:37, David Miller wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:51:39 -0700
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de> 
>> wrote:

>>> On 06/01/17 18:19, David Miller wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Neither of us have anything to do with the 4.4 -stable series.  We 
>>>> only
>>>> manage stable backport submissions for the most recent two releases.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you for the prompt response. Should the netdev FAQ be updated 
>>> then to
>>> contain that information?
>> 
>> +1
>> 
>> It is quite helpful to know which stable releases contain network 
>> fixes
>> which don't, especially for those who rely on stable releases, at 
>> least
>> we could do backport by ourselves when we know they are missing.
> 
> The people who maintain the -stable releases older than the ones Greg 
> KH
> are doing typically scan the ones that Greg applies and tries to 
> integrate
> them into their -stable releases when appropriate.

My understanding is, that Greg maintains the 4.4 (LTS) and 4.9 (LTS) 
series.

> If someone wants to write an accurate description of that and how it 
> works,
> and add it to the FAQ, sure.

I can do that, when I understand the policy.


Kind regards,

Paul