From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
aconole@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 044/118] openvswitch: Stricter validation for the userspace action
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 07:23:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250605072334.256dc524@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2025060440-gristle-viewable-ef6a@gregkh>
On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 10:28:09 +0200 Greg KH wrote:
> Nothing that ends up on Linus's tree should not be allowed also to be in
> a stable kernel release as there is no difference in the "rule" that "we
> will not break userspace".
>
> So this isn't an issue here, if you need/want to make parsing more
> strict, due to bugs or whatever, then great, let's make it more strict
> as long as it doesn't break anyone's current system. It doesn't matter
> if this is in Linus's release or in a stable release, same rule holds
> for both.
For sure, tho, I think the question is inverted here. We seem to be
discussing arguments why something should not be backported, rather
than arguments why something should be backported. You seem to be
saying that the barrier of entry to stable is lower than what we'd
normally send to Linus for an -rc, which perhaps makes sense in other
parts of the kernel, but in networking that doesn't compute.
We go by simple logic of deciding if something is a fix.
This is not a fix. Neither is this:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250604005049.4147522-54-sashal@kernel.org/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-05 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2025-06-04 0:48 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 002/118] net: lan743x: Modify the EEPROM and OTP size for PCI1xxxx devices Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:48 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 003/118] tipc: use kfree_sensitive() for aead cleanup Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 009/118] emulex/benet: correct command version selection in be_cmd_get_stats() Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 029/118] net: phy: mediatek: do not require syscon compatible for pio property Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 035/118] tcp: always seek for minimal rtt in tcp_rcv_rtt_update() Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 036/118] tcp: remove zero TCP TS samples for autotuning Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 037/118] tcp: fix initial tp->rcvq_space.space value for passive TS enabled flows Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 038/118] tcp: add receive queue awareness in tcp_rcv_space_adjust() Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 040/118] ipv4/route: Use this_cpu_inc() for stats on PREEMPT_RT Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 041/118] net: page_pool: Don't recycle into cache " Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 042/118] xfrm: validate assignment of maximal possible SEQ number Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 043/118] net: phy: marvell-88q2xxx: Enable temperature measurement in probe again Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 044/118] openvswitch: Stricter validation for the userspace action Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 7:57 ` Ilya Maximets
2025-06-04 8:03 ` Greg KH
2025-06-04 8:19 ` Ilya Maximets
2025-06-04 8:28 ` Greg KH
2025-06-04 8:47 ` Ilya Maximets
2025-06-05 14:23 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-06-05 14:45 ` Greg KH
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 045/118] net: atlantic: generate software timestamp just before the doorbell Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 048/118] bpf: Pass the same orig_call value to trampoline functions Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 049/118] net: stmmac: generate software timestamp just before the doorbell Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:49 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 054/118] net: mlx4: add SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE flag when getting ts info Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 085/118] net: bridge: mcast: update multicast contex when vlan state is changed Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 086/118] net: bridge: mcast: re-implement br_multicast_{enable, disable}_port functions Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 088/118] bnxt_en: Remove unused field "ref_count" in struct bnxt_ulp Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 105/118] usbnet: asix AX88772: leave the carrier control to phylink Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 107/118] bpf, sockmap: Fix data lost during EAGAIN retries Sasha Levin
2025-06-04 0:50 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 109/118] octeontx2-pf: Add error log forcn10k_map_unmap_rq_policer() Sasha Levin
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