Re: [PATCH 4.20 018/352] ath9k: dynack: use authentication messages for late ack

[Koen Vandeputte]

On 11.02.19 18:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Dear Greg,
> >
> > No idea if this is the proper location to report this or if I should inform
> > stable@xxxxxx , but:
> >
> > This backport alone is useless without backporting following 2 commits below
> > also, unless the 2 wifi devices using dynack start off at very close
> > distance.
> >
> > Their commits messages indicate them as improvements, but they should be
> > considered as fixes.
> >
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=0c60c490830a1a756c80f8de8d33d9c6359d4a36
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=9d3d65a91f027b8a9af5e63752d9b78cb10eb92d
> >
> >
> > It's safe to add them to all stables involved (4.20, 4.19, 4.14, 4.9)
> Thanks, that looks reasonable, now queued up.
>
> greg k-h


Hi Greg,

Just noticed the primary dynack patch also got merged into 4.4 stable rc

Could you also apply the 2 fixes above to 4.4?


Checked older versions (< 4.4) .. and they are not required there.


Highly appreciated,

Koen