Re: [PATCH 5.4.y 1/8] net: sched: extract common action counters update code into function

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: c8ecebd04cbb6badb46d42fe54282e7883ed63cc

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: <skulkarni@mvista.com>
Commit author: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>

Status in newer kernel trees:
6.15.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.1.y | Present (exact SHA1)
5.15.y | Present (exact SHA1)
5.10.y | Present (exact SHA1)

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  c8ecebd04cbb ! 1:  0dd3ddfe6d2c net: sched: extract common action counters update code into function
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         net: sched: extract common action counters update code into function
     
    +    [ Upstream commit c8ecebd04cbb6badb46d42fe54282e7883ed63cc ]
    +
         Currently, all implementations of tc_action_ops->stats_update() callback
         have almost exactly the same implementation of counters update
         code (besides gact which also updates drop counter). In order to simplify
    @@ Commit message
         Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
         Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
         Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    +    Stable-dep-of: ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use the backlog for nested calls to mirred ingress")
    +    Signed-off-by: Shubham Kulkarni <skulkarni@mvista.com>
     
      ## include/net/act_api.h ##
     @@ include/net/act_api.h: int tcf_action_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *actions[], int bind,

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Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| 5.4                       | Success     | Success    |