Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Cong Wang]

Hi, David


Please consider to backport the following dev_kfree_skb_any
commits for stable. They fix some annoying warnings for us.

commit c9974ad4aeb36003860100221a594f3c0ccc3f78
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:20:26 2014 -0700

    gianfar: Carefully free skbs in functions called by netpoll.

commit d8ec2c02caa3515f35d6c33eedf529394c419298
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:19:50 2014 -0700

    benet: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of kfree_skb.

commit e81f44b66b456a7dcfbdeffeb355458cd6a58973
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:19:14 2014 -0700

    mlx4: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit f7e79913a1d6a6139211ead3b03579b317d25a1f
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:18:42 2014 -0700

    ixgb: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit 497a27b9e1bcf6dbaea7a466cfcd866927e1b431
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:18:14 2014 -0700

    tg3: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit f458b2ee93ee3606c83f76213fbe49e026bac754
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:17:41 2014 -0700

    bnx2: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit 2bb77ab42a6a40162a367b80394b96bb756ad5f1
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:16:58 2014 -0700

    bonding: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of kfree_skb.

commit 989c9ba104d9ce53c1ca918262f3fdfb33aca12a
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:16:14 2014 -0700

    r8169: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit a2ccd2e4bd70122523a7bf21cec4dd6e34427089
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:15:36 2014 -0700

    8139too: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of dev_kfree_skb.

commit 508f81d517ed1f3f0197df63ea7ab5cd91b6f3b3
Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 11 14:14:58 2014 -0700

    8139cp: Call dev_kfree_skby_any instead of kfree_skb.



Thanks!

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Cong Wang]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> wrote:
> Hi, David
>
>
> Please consider to backport the following dev_kfree_skb_any
> commits for stable. They fix some annoying warnings for us.
>

Any response? It looks like they are still not in your stable queue.
Or do you have any objections?

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[David Miller]

From: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:18:56 -0700

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> wrote:
>> Hi, David
>>
>>
>> Please consider to backport the following dev_kfree_skb_any
>> commits for stable. They fix some annoying warnings for us.
>>
> 
> Any response? It looks like they are still not in your stable queue.
> Or do you have any objections?

I'm too busy with other things, I'll get to it by next week.

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Cong Wang]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:38 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:18:56 -0700
>
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, David
>>>
>>>
>>> Please consider to backport the following dev_kfree_skb_any
>>> commits for stable. They fix some annoying warnings for us.
>>>
>>
>> Any response? It looks like they are still not in your stable queue.
>> Or do you have any objections?
>
> I'm too busy with other things, I'll get to it by next week.

No hurry. As long as they are not lost, I am fine.

Thanks for your work on stable!

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Vinson Lee]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:38 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:18:56 -0700
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi, David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please consider to backport the following dev_kfree_skb_any
>>>> commits for stable. They fix some annoying warnings for us.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Any response? It looks like they are still not in your stable queue.
>>> Or do you have any objections?
>>
>> I'm too busy with other things, I'll get to it by next week.
>
> No hurry. As long as they are not lost, I am fine.
>
> Thanks for your work on stable!
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Hi.

This stable request seems to have been forgotten.

Cheers,
Vinson

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[David Miller]

From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:52:20 -0700

> This stable request seems to have been forgotten.

Sorry I've lost all of the context for this, you'll have to remind me
of all of the details.

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Vinson Lee]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:14 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:52:20 -0700
>
>> This stable request seems to have been forgotten.
>
> Sorry I've lost all of the context for this, you'll have to remind me
> of all of the details.

These patches fixes warnings that can occur when a netconsole message
is transmitted in an IRQ.

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[David Miller]

From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:48:47 -0700

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:14 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
>> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:52:20 -0700
>>
>>> This stable request seems to have been forgotten.
>>
>> Sorry I've lost all of the context for this, you'll have to remind me
>> of all of the details.
> 
> These patches fixes warnings that can occur when a netconsole message
> is transmitted in an IRQ.

I mean the full context, as in the list of commits you'd like me to
queue up for -stable, and what -stable releases they are relevant
for.

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[Vinson Lee]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:03 AM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:48:47 -0700
>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:14 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>>> From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:52:20 -0700
>>>
>>>> This stable request seems to have been forgotten.
>>>
>>> Sorry I've lost all of the context for this, you'll have to remind me
>>> of all of the details.
>>
>> These patches fixes warnings that can occur when a netconsole message
>> is transmitted in an IRQ.
>
> I mean the full context, as in the list of commits you'd like me to
> queue up for -stable, and what -stable releases they are relevant
> for.

Please backport the list of commits from the original stable request
at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/320390.

The patches are from 3.15. Please queue them up for kernels <= 3.14.

Re: Please backport dev_kfree_skb_any fixes for stable

[David Miller]

From: Vinson Lee <vlee@twopensource.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:39:01 -0700

> Please backport the list of commits from the original stable request
> at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/320390.
> 
> The patches are from 3.15. Please queue them up for kernels <= 3.14.

Ok, doing that right now, thanks.