Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/21] 4.4.36-stable review

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Nov 30 2016 - 09:29:12 EST


Sure, this patch must definitely go in 4.4

Also worth noting that you could also use a module for your NIC as a
work around.



On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 6:04 AM, Andre Noll <maan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 14:53, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote
>> > It fixes a regression introduced in 4.4.34 which makes systems
>> > unbootable for us. We are currently running that patch on top of
>> > 4.4.35 and I can confirm that it fixes the issue.
>>
>> I wait for networking stable patches to come from the networking
>> maintainer, as he batches them up and runs them through testing before
>> forwarding them on.
>>
>> That being said, this looks like an "easy" one to take, Davie, any
>> objection to me queueing this up now?
>
> OK, thanks for the clarification. There is no hurry, I just wanted to
> make sure the patch doesn't get lost.
>
> Best
> Andre
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