From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754754AbdERIMM (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2017 04:12:12 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:36930 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753375AbdERIL7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2017 04:11:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 10:11:49 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Anoob Soman Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, pshelar@nicira.com, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4-only] openvswitch: clear sender cpu before forwarding packets Message-ID: <20170518081149.GA31512@kroah.com> References: <1494944710-7901-1-git-send-email-anoob.soman@citrix.com> <20170517081933.GA25610@kroah.com> <371bcd34-10fa-867f-8bfb-7f61caf11cbe@citrix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <371bcd34-10fa-867f-8bfb-7f61caf11cbe@citrix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.2 (2017-04-18) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:21:09AM +0100, Anoob Soman wrote: > On 17/05/17 09:19, Greg KH wrote: > > Why is this a non-upstream patch? What commit in Linus's tree fixed > > this? Why not just backport that? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > Agreed, I think it is sensible to backport 52bd2d62ce67 "net: better > skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation" to 4.4, rather than having a > different patch. So backporting that one patch solves the issue here? Can you please verify it, and let me know before I apply it? thanks, greg k-h From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4-only] openvswitch: clear sender cpu before forwarding packets Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 10:11:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20170518081149.GA31512@kroah.com> References: <1494944710-7901-1-git-send-email-anoob.soman@citrix.com> <20170517081933.GA25610@kroah.com> <371bcd34-10fa-867f-8bfb-7f61caf11cbe@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org, Eric Dumazet , netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org To: Anoob Soman Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <371bcd34-10fa-867f-8bfb-7f61caf11cbe-Sxgqhf6Nn4DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ovs-dev-bounces-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: ovs-dev-bounces-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:21:09AM +0100, Anoob Soman wrote: > On 17/05/17 09:19, Greg KH wrote: > > Why is this a non-upstream patch? What commit in Linus's tree fixed > > this? Why not just backport that? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > Agreed, I think it is sensible to backport 52bd2d62ce67 "net: better > skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation" to 4.4, rather than having a > different patch. So backporting that one patch solves the issue here? Can you please verify it, and let me know before I apply it? thanks, greg k-h