Re: [PATCH net-next, 1/2] net: mana: Add handling of CQE_RX_TRUNCATED

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 07:55:26PM +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:12 PM
> > To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Dexuan Cui
> > <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen
> > Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Paul Rosswurm
> > <paulros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Shachar Raindel <shacharr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > olaf@xxxxxxxxx; vkuznets <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next, 1/2] net: mana: Add handling of
> > CQE_RX_TRUNCATED
> > 
> > On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 22:32:41 +0000 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > > Since the proper handling of CQE_RX_TRUNCATED type is important, could
> > any
> > > of you backport this patch to the stable branches: 5.16 & 5.15?
> > 
> > Only patches which are in Linus's tree can be backported to stable.
> > You sent this change for -next so no, it can't be backported now.
> > You need to wait until 5.17 final is released and then ask Greg KH
> > to backport it.
> 
> @Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> This patch is on 5.18 now:
> 	net: mana: Add handling of CQE_RX_TRUNCATED
> 	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.18.5&id=e4b7621982d29f26ff4d39af389e5e675a4ffed4
> 
> Could you backport it to 5.15?


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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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