Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next v8] net: openvswitch: IPv6: Add IPv6 extension header support

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:25:31 +0100 Ilya Maximets wrote:
> > since its rc7 we end up with kernel and ovs broken with each other.
> > can we revert the kernel patches anyway and introduce them again later
> > when ovs userspace is also updated?  
> 
> I don't think this patch is part of 5-17-rc7.  AFAICT, it's a candidate
> for 5.18, so we should still have a bit of time.  Am I missing something?

You are correct, it's going to hit Linus's tree during the 5.18 merge
window. It seems we're close enough to a resolution to focus on a fix
instead.