Re: Please backport bridge multicast exponential field encoding fix series to 6.1.y/6.6.y/6.12.y/6.18.y/7.0.y

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 06:12:40PM +0530, Ujjal Roy wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 10:13:27AM +0000, Ujjal Roy wrote:
> > > Hi Greg,
> > >
> > > Please consider backporting the following bridge multicast fix series to 6.1.y, 6.6.y, 6.12.y, 6.18.y and 7.0.y.
> > >
> > > 726fa7da2d8c ("ipv4: igmp: get rid of IGMPV3_{QQIC,MRC} and simplify calculation")
> > > 12cfb4ecc471 ("ipv6: mld: rename mldv2_mrc() and add mldv2_qqi()")
> > > 95bfd196f0dc ("ipv4: igmp: encode multicast exponential fields")
> > > e51560f4220a ("ipv6: mld: encode multicast exponential fields")
> > > 529dbe762de0 ("selftests: net: bridge: add MRC and QQIC field encoding tests")
> >
> > Why is any of this needed in older kernels?
> >
> > And 7.0.y is long end-of-life.
> >
> > And why, if this does fix issues, was it not tagged for stable to start
> > with?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> 
> I already explained this in the email thread, "Please backport bridge
> multicast exponential field encoding fix series to stable kernels".

Sorry, but that's not here (remember, some of us get 1000+ emails a
day.)

Please explain why patches need to be backported when asking for them to
be backported.

thanks,

greg k-h