From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Brugger Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] net: thunderx: Miscellaneous fixes Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:35:29 +0100 Message-ID: <2908a070-954b-d533-a448-b8ab6c61a577@suse.com> References: <1479120886-13425-1-git-send-email-sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com> <2948c47d-0f15-8153-440b-7a2c753b7251@suse.com> <20161114.123253.476733911183519472.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sgoutham@cavium.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from smtp.nue.novell.com ([195.135.221.5]:57383 "EHLO smtp.nue.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933813AbcKNRfp (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:35:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20161114.123253.476733911183519472.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/14/2016 06:32 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Matthias Brugger > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:01:25 +0100 > >> >> >> On 14/11/16 11:54, sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com wrote: >>> From: Sunil Goutham >>> >>> This patchset includes fixes for incorrect LMAC credits, >>> unreliable driver statistics, memory leak upon interface >>> down e.t.c >>> >> >> Are these fixes relevant to for older kernels as well? >> If so, please add "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" to the Sigend-off list. > > This is not appropriate for networking patches. > > People instead explicitly request -stable inclusion when the > submit networking changes to me, and I queue them up for > later submission. > Ok, thanks for clarification.