Re: [PATCH nf 2/2] selftests: netfilter: Add correctness test for mac,net set type

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

Hi Greg,

On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:22:39 +0100
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 11:33:38AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> > The existing net,mac test didn't cover the issue recently reported
> > by Nikita Yushchenko, where MAC addresses wouldn't match if given
> > as first field of a concatenated set with AVX2 and 8-bit groups,
> > because there's a different code path covering the lookup of six
> > 8-bit groups (MAC addresses) if that's the first field.
> > 
> > Add a similar mac,net test, with MAC address and IPv4 address
> > swapped in the set specification.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  .../selftests/netfilter/nft_concat_range.sh   | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)  
> 
> <formletter>
> 
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.
> 
> </formletter>

This patch (2/2) is not intended for the stable kernel tree, only patch
1/2 is. I Cc'ed stable@kernel.org on the whole series for context.

-- 
Stefano