Re: [cip-dev] [PATCH 4.19.y-cip 1/6] Backport netfilter: nf_tables: autoload modules from the abort path

Amy Fong
2022-01-10T20:13:02Z

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 07:06:35PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > Ok, let me take a look at the series. But... could you provide some
> > kind of explanation of what these are and why you want them in -cip?
> >
> > These are not usual "hardware enablement" patches...
>
> 0/6 email was not part of the thread, so I missed it in the first
> look.
>
> I see it fixes sysbot report.
>
> Do you have special loads where you are hitting these netfilter
> problems? Are similar fixes needed in 4.4 / 5.10?
> Would it make sense to get it fixed in -stable kernels?
>
> Best regards,
> Pavel
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We haven't been able to reproduce the issue but apparently it's being reproduced
periodically.

The offending patch doesn't appear in linux-4.4.y-cip
linux-5.10.y-cip has the fix already.

Both patches were introduced in 5.5.0-rc5

Thanks.
Amy