Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Fix serialization of non-masked set actions.

[Joe Stringer]

On 3 March 2015 at 12:38, Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3 March 2015 at 11:39, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2015 18:49:56 -0800
>>
>>> Set actions consist of a regular OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attribute nested inside
>>> of a OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET action attribute. When converting masked actions
>>> back to regular set actions, the inner attribute length was not changed,
>>> ie, double the length being serialized. This patch fixes the bug.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 83d2b9b ("net: openvswitch: Support masked set actions.")
>>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> This fix needs to be applied to net as well; it applies cleanly.
>>
>> This is backwards, don't do this.  Just say that 'net' needs the fix
>> and submit it targetting that tree only.  Things in 'net' propagate
>> into 'net-next' automatically as I do merges over time, but the
>> opposite is not true.
>
> OK, I'll resend.

Nevermind, I see that you picked it up anyway. Thanks, I'll send fixes
to the appropriate branch in future.
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