Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 075/130] net/lapb: fix t1 timer handling for LAPB_STATE_0

Sasha Levin
2020-12-27T21:28:30Z

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 01:49:47AM -0800, Xie He wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:01 AM Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't think this patch is suitable for stable branches. This patch is
>> part of a patch series that changes the lapb module from "establishing the
>> L2 connection only when needed by L3", to "establishing the L2 connection
>> automatically whenever we are able to". This is a behavioral change. It
>> should be seen as a new feature. It is not a bug fix.
>
>Applying this patch without other patches in the same series will also
>introduce problems, because this patch relies on part of the changes
>in the subsequent patch in the same series to be correct.

I'll drop it, thanks!

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Thanks,
Sasha