Re: 23.11.7 patches review and test

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 5/15/26 1:36 PM, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 11:32, Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/30/26 12:02 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
>>> On 4/30/26 10:58 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>>> 30/04/2026 11:32, Kevin Traynor:
>>>>> On 4/21/26 7:46 AM, Shani Peretz wrote:
>>>>>> The planned date for the final release is 30 April 2026.
>>>>>
>>>>> As discussed on thread [0] there was a quite serious regression caused
>>>>> by "net: fix packet type for stacked VLAN"
>>>>>
>>>>> As discussion on the fix is ongoing, I would suggest to just revert this
>>>>> patch for your release.
>>>>
>>>> I agree the revert is the best option here.
>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't require a new RC and re-validation as it's an isolated issue
>>>>> (and there wasn't test cases to catch before Robin's new patch anyway)
>>>>
>>>> I suppose 24.11.5 and 25.11.1 are also impacted?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I was hoping we would have a fix in a few days and we could add and
>>> re-release. Given that there's now discussion on the patch and what
>>> functionality is needed, it's probably best to just revert and release a
>>> new 24.11/25.11.
>>
>> Hi Luca. Are you planning to do a 24.11 release with revert for above
>> issue ? If you have a time issue, let me know and I can help out.
> 
> Hi, is it strictly necessary? Could it wait for the next one?
> 

It's a user visible regression from the previous release that impacts
tap device with VLAN, causing good packets to be discarded. It's also
visible to any application using the net API in a similar way. Given the
effort is low as it's just a revert and we don't need validation teams
involved, then I think it's worthwhile.