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Message-ID: <ZwHZs99aQl9FP7v-@sashalap>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 20:28:35 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, kadlec@...filter.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.11 049/244] netfilter: nf_tables: don't
 initialize registers in nft_do_chain()

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 02:20:41PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
>Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org> wrote:
>> Hi Sasha,
>>
>> This commit requires:
>>
>> commit 14fb07130c7ddd257e30079b87499b3f89097b09
>> Author: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
>> Date:   Tue Aug 20 11:56:13 2024 +0200
>>
>>     netfilter: nf_tables: allow loads only when register is initialized
>>
>> so either drop it or pull-in this dependency for 6.11
>
>It should be dropped, its crazy to pull the dependency into
>stable.
>
>Is there a way to indicate 'stable: never' in changelogs?

There is a way to indicate we shouldn't pick something up with our
regular flows. See
https://docs.kernel.org/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#option-1.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha