netdev - Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] Revert "mctp: no longer rely on net->dev_index

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Message-ID: <155ebc877a4a20e69c20ff43e2457e2cca5586a6.camel@codeconstruct.com.au>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:10:03 +0800
From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, 
 Matt Johnston <matt@...econstruct.com.au>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick Williams <patrick@...cx.xyz>,  Peter Yin
 <peteryin.openbmc@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] Revert "mctp: no longer rely on
 net->dev_index_head[]"

Hi Jakub,

> > Either way works for me, but I assume that changing the semantics of
> > for_each_netdev_dump() would be fairly risky for a stable series,
> > especially given the amount of testing 6.6.y has had.
> > 
> > Jakub, as the author of that fix: any preferences?
> 
> We should backport it, I can't think of why someone would depend 
> on the old behavior.

OK, sounds good. Thanks for the input, I'll get a patch sent to stable@
shortly.

Cheers,

Jeremy