netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: sunhme: Fix packet reception for len < RX_COPY

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:37:08 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Sean Anderson <seanga2@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>,
        Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sunhme: Fix packet reception for len <
 RX_COPY_THRESHOLD

> > Please could you add a Fixes: tag indicating when the problem was
> > introduced. Its O.K. if that was when the driver was added. It just
> > helps getting the patch back ported to older stable kernels.
> 
> Well, the driver was added before git was started...
> 
> I suppose I could blame 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2"), but maybe I
> should just CC the stable list?

That is a valid commit to use. It is unlikely anybody will backport it
that far, but it does give the machinery a trigger it does need
backporting.

	Andrew