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Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 09:48:29 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] vrf: Reset IPCB/IP6CB when processing
 outbound pkts in vrf" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree
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On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 04:08:53PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> On 12/5/21 5:39 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > so why isn't this needed in 4.4.y?
> 
> The patch fixes a corner case with MPLS + VRF. The VRF feature is not
> really usable before 4.9; I doubt VRF + MPLS with a last label pop is
> usable in 4.4.

Ok, thanks for the explaination.

greg k-h