On Mon, 2023-07-17 at 16:42 +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 02:37:44PM +0000, Dragos Tatulea wrote: > > On Thu, 2023-07-13 at 17:31 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 04:58:04PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 13/07/2023 12.11, Dragos Tatulea wrote: > > > > > Gi Jesper, > > > > > On Thu, 2023-07-13 at 11:20 +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > > > > > > Hi Dragos, > > > > > > > > > > > > Below you promised to work on a fix for XDP redirect memory leak... > > > > > > What is the status? > > > > > > > > > > > The fix got merged into net a week ago: > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core?id=7abd955a58fb0fcd4e756fa2065c03ae488fcfa7 > > > > > > > > > > Just forgot to follow up on this thread. Sorry about that... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good to see it being fixed in net.git commit: > > > > 7abd955a58fb ("net/mlx5e: RX, Fix page_pool page fragment tracking for > > > > XDP") > > > > > > > > This need to be backported into stable tree 6.3, but I can see 6.3.13 is > > > > marked EOL (End-of-Life). > > > > Can we still get this fix applied? (Cc. GregKH) > > > > > > <formletter> > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > </formletter> > > So...I am a bit confused: should I send the patch to stable for 6.13 > > according > > to the stable submission rules or is it too late? > > There is no "6.13" kernel version yet, that should not happen for > another year or so. > Sorry for the typo... > If you mean the "6.3.y" tree, yes, there is nothing to do here as that > tree is end-of-life and you should have moved to the 6.4.y kernel tree > at this point in time. > > What is preventing you from moving? > I am fine with the state of things. But Jesper was asking. I suppose the answer to his question is "it's too late". Thanks, Dragos
