netdev - Re: [PATCH stable,5.15 0/2] Revert the patchset for fix CVE-2024-26865

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Message-ID: <2024052526-reference-boney-1c67@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 12:42:48 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: shaozhengchao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuba@...nel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuniyu@...zon.com, weiyongjun1@...wei.com,
	yuehaibing@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable,5.15 0/2] Revert the patchset for fix
 CVE-2024-26865

On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 06:21:08PM +0800, shaozhengchao wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024/5/25 17:42, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 05:33:00PM +0800, shaozhengchao wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 2024/5/23 19:34, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 11:05:52AM +0800, Zhengchao Shao wrote:
> > > > > There's no "pernet" variable in the struct hashinfo. The "pernet" variable
> > > > > is introduced from v6.1-rc1. Revert pre-patch and post-patch.
> > > > 
> > > > I do not understand, why are these reverts needed?
> > > > 
> > > > How does the code currently build if there is no variable here?
> > > > 
> > > > confused,
> > > > 
> > > > greg k-h
> > > Hi greg:
> > >    If only the first patch is merged, compilation will fail.
> > > There's no "pernet" variable in the struct hashinfo.
> > 
> > But both patches are merged together here.  Does the released kernel
> > versions fail to build somehow?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> Work well, as I know.

Ok, then why send these reverts?  Are they needed, or are they not
needed?  And if needed, why?

still confused,

greg k-h