netdev - Re: kernel BUG in __skb_gso

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Message-ID: <Y6K3q6Bo3wwC57bK@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:37:15 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>
Cc:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, mst@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com,
        syzkaller@...glegroups.com, liuhangbin@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, joneslee@...gle.com
Subject: Re: kernel BUG in __skb_gso_segment

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:28:16AM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I added Greg KH to the thread, maybe he can shed some light on whether
> new support can be marked as fixes and backported to stable. The rules
> on what kind of patches are accepted into the -stable tree don't mention
> new support:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

As you say, we don't take new features into older kernels.  Unless they
fix a reported problem, if so, submit the git ids to us and we will be
glad to review them.

thanks,

greg k-h