From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12FC910A20 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:13:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713827617; cv=none; b=CEoHkKLB5mRlueNsSy+6ghgke5L5N0mcLWfawHkcAWOZBr4d3mulrcqGWkKzTwkl5e28oge7sNpsmhkbwv/OkKJ7zyyo4G6sfydlcoOZrfK5ytd4Fduk+T0ZwQY9WB+MxBJaU2ElAPl2oIdmw1CzouGKp7wOXmVkWf02vqAvqqs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713827617; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Crocx8LgcnShW8KT26YZbLBIycX/v3D0gVrht+Uw3NU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=kwl1MeduEi1LY3nK39lIAJk7J0710Ki+C3giURpB2iMVrSAxHv5L9wCWv5dK9aISnpAUUjjZyCT33V87uNS4SlP6mLEFlGZckcRtELqu4PimmuFCxuzMFrbzJKUEp3OMAJHG8y4Zy9Z2LynCfnGCpb8Zmr9y5wwKQTwpUpqWOb8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=mfToZisA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="mfToZisA" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95012C113CC; Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:13:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1713827616; bh=Crocx8LgcnShW8KT26YZbLBIycX/v3D0gVrht+Uw3NU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=mfToZisARbmJVquWcUJfFqSU7ui52B+HA6mEm8ByL8TPoOo6NFNor7b40q4eJXvFh Dap/qBgDxMkkD2vJC2MOUbNgcXMpFVIC1eAGltpaZ2beeaXAEpfYn1hf9kfQ6YPzz9 aEkUB468Eh+SxfpCHrgxhs/bJy5W0GFyWHdPebOI= Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:13:28 +0200 From: Greg KH To: imran.f.khan@oracle.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4.14, v4.19, v5.4, v5.10, v5.15] igb: free up irq resources in device shutdown path. Message-ID: <2024042347-establish-maggot-6543@gregkh> References: <20240312150713.3231723-1-imran.f.khan@oracle.com> <2024032918-shortlist-product-cce8@gregkh> <28752189-6c59-4977-abda-2ea90577573f@oracle.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28752189-6c59-4977-abda-2ea90577573f@oracle.com> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 08:32:09AM +1000, imran.f.khan@oracle.com wrote: > Could you kindly confirm if a backport that fixes an issue but breaks kernel ABI > is allowed in stable tree ? There is no such thing as a stable in-kernel api, so I don't understand what you are asking here, sorry. The only api that we ever care about is the user/kernel api, that can not break. thanks, greg k-h