Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.11 049/244] netfilter: nf_tables: don't initialize registers in nft_do_chain()

[Sasha Levin]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 02:20:41PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Sasha,
> >
> > This commit requires:
> >
> > commit 14fb07130c7ddd257e30079b87499b3f89097b09
> > Author: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Tue Aug 20 11:56:13 2024 +0200
> >
> >     netfilter: nf_tables: allow loads only when register is initialized
> >
> > so either drop it or pull-in this dependency for 6.11
>
> It should be dropped, its crazy to pull the dependency into
> stable.
>
> Is there a way to indicate 'stable: never' in changelogs?

There is a way to indicate we shouldn't pick something up with our
regular flows. See
https://docs.kernel.org/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#option-1.

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Thanks,
Sasha