Hello,

syzbot tried to test the proposed patch but build/boot failed:

failed to copy test binary to VM: failed to run /usr/bin/scp [scp -P 22 -i  
/syzkaller/jobs/linux/image/key -F /dev/null -o  
UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o  
StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 /tmp/syzkaller180475523  
root@10.128.0.60:./syzkaller180475523]: exit status 1
ssh: connect to host 10.128.0.60 port 22: Connection timed out
lost connection



Tested on commit d1616f07e8f1a4a490d1791316d4a68906b284aa
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/master
compiler: gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170620
Patch is attached.
Kernel config is attached.