From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Bader Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V7 0/4] Bundle fixes for Xen netfront / netback Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:49:55 +0100 Message-ID: <52EF7453.2080207@canonical.com> References: <1366633243-17775-1-git-send-email-wei.liu2@citrix.com> <20130422.154139.1046488577191797292.davem@davemloft.net> <20130422195335.GA30755@zion.uk.xensource.com> <20140202072323.GA12154@u109add4315675089e695.ant.amazon.com> <20140203103028.GC713@zion.uk.xensource.com> <1391423956.10515.39.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2894225507270448007==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1391423956.10515.39.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Ian Campbell , Wei Liu Cc: Matt Wilson , "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --===============2894225507270448007== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OD55E1sxcXkK3wJdNn93hKmnu8RfsAoTw" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --OD55E1sxcXkK3wJdNn93hKmnu8RfsAoTw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03.02.2014 11:39, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-03 at 10:30 +0000, Wei Liu wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 11:23:25PM -0800, Matt Wilson wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:53:35PM +0100, Wei Liu wrote: >>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:41:39PM +0100, David Miller wrote: >>>>> From: Wei Liu >>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:20:39 +0100 >>>>> >>>>>> This series is now rebased onto net-next. >>>>>> >>>>>> We would also like to ask you to queue it for stable-ish tree. I c= an do the >>>>>> backport if necessary. >>>>> >>>>> All applied, but this was a disaster. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, I misunderstood the workflow. >>>> >>>>> If you want bug fixes propagated into -stable you submit them to 'n= et' >>>>> from the beginning. >>>>> >>>>> There is no other method by which to do this. >>>>> >>>>> By merging all of these changes to net-next, you will now have to g= et >>>>> them accepted again into 'net', and then (and only then) can you ma= ke >>>>> a request for -stable inclusion. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Understood. Will submit them against 'net' later. >>> >>> Did this ever happen? Is 9ecd1a75 (xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size >>> to account for max TCP header) at all related to the "skb rides the >>> rocket" related TX packet drops reported against 3.8.x kernels? >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-raring/+bug/11954= 74 >>> >>> It seems like there are still some outstanding bugs in various -stabl= e >>> releases. >>> >> >> As far as I can remember Ian and I requested relavant patches be >> backported in May, after these series settled in mainline for some tim= e. >> >> <1369734465.3469.52.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> >> >> These series was backported to 3.9.y-stable tree. 3.8.y didn't pick th= em >> up. >=20 > The stable guys don't maintain every tree indefinitely, usually only fo= r > a couple of releases after the next mainline release or something (I > suppose you can find the official policy online somewhere). Presumably > these fixes came too late for the 3.8.y branch. >=20 > Longterm stable trees are an exception and get longer backports, I don'= t > think 3.8 is one of those though. >=20 > If anyone wants further backports then they will need to speak to the > Linux stable maintainers, although they should probably expect a "this > stable tree is now closed" type response for 3.8. >=20 > Or perhaps the above link implies that Canonical are supporting their > own LTS of Linux 3.8.y -- in which case the request should be made to > whoever that maintainer is. >=20 > Ian. >=20 Yeah, it would be a Canonical maintained longterm tree. I am just checkin= g to verify which ones are missing the series. I will send out a request to pu= ll them in after that. -Stefan --OD55E1sxcXkK3wJdNn93hKmnu8RfsAoTw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJS73RcAAoJEOhnXe7L7s6jUY8P/3q+txRSlaWhvaQ87uDE8gEW E4xOyAhZxxvHzILJTAK+DCSYMDBXoOqB5GxqmyUNVz4IYCOPUf+z7C8W2tVCYyqb Xb6dC0ryfJBxC+4uqdhUsp27/rbrzVIgcQGkrVNt52pxdaqqSeJ3MLovC9+NLJDQ cp8lbmOnuYFfpb4/rrqQszfYiUyPYqYsp07XcCZurxN/5o39IfbqW5l8YSSmEVgi B+ni1ENi6siJcK4O0pCRaVBz9h432vL9nvVb/YrEbP1S2GxyeJ4YLPxxw9DG96XO XwJK0q5zz3fyToLasRGXDvCzw4cRe2yP0BEJpLPtXpzXPRHHK3Pau9F9WG+51HGR qqWTBQemtpHwQgsrhGoL5LGtt7kzv0BoaIDqCILmaUhWNDcrFZEzfnirFqM1Vuxg B4fhGk1dPD/F6G2/ZzLAy8SO/2WvgervVGNP634CPhNGTjw7BoJ3xxjL4Q9sdFMB 3hn3BlgxtpFl9yD6AxyyvZDyQXcnFl3jYPpW4pP8AFqkHNGl0y4xhZ/qc9nhnBd4 NbylhCjgZXPvENuH+cojbvn+6AZuGXnFQF0m1brnP9TCSuDYD1QSH0MzEibUY827 VlrlQEO/+CEHnqLLGfHaHyrwntQ2RZwNARmqqavN9upqEdj6XUlm71KU+RpxhUQ3 DWlll8as6Mj2aXymh3YG =3h2r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OD55E1sxcXkK3wJdNn93hKmnu8RfsAoTw-- --===============2894225507270448007== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --===============2894225507270448007==--