From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: Cherry pick commit *net: better skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation* to 4.4 series? Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:37:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20170602.143719.124343853677571075.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20170601.121935.1801387892378122014.davem@davemloft.net> <409abefe-62ff-563a-b5c6-a3149ae672e0@molgen.mpg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, edumazet@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, it+linux-netdev@molgen.mpg.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org To: xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:46580 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750918AbdFBShV (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jun 2017 14:37:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Cong Wang Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:51:39 -0700 > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: >> Dear David, >> >> >> On 06/01/17 18:19, David Miller wrote: >>> >>> Neither of us have anything to do with the 4.4 -stable series. We only >>> manage stable backport submissions for the most recent two releases. >> >> >> Thank you for the prompt response. Should the netdev FAQ be updated then to >> contain that information? > > +1 > > It is quite helpful to know which stable releases contain network fixes > which don't, especially for those who rely on stable releases, at least > we could do backport by ourselves when we know they are missing. The people who maintain the -stable releases older than the ones Greg KH are doing typically scan the ones that Greg applies and tries to integrate them into their -stable releases when appropriate. If someone wants to write an accurate description of that and how it works, and add it to the FAQ, sure.