On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:42:14 +0100 Oliver Hartkopp wrote: > > Another option is to port the patch to net/master with the hope that > > back porting is easier. > > I have a patch here for net/master that also properly applies down to > linux-5.10.y > If requested I could post it instantly. > > > Then talk to Jakub and David about the merge > > conflict when net/master is merged to net-next/master. > > Yes. There will be a merge conflict. Therefore I thought bringing that > patch for the released 5.17 and the stable trees later would be less > effort for Jakub and David. No strong preference in this particular case, -rc9 is very unlikely so won't be much difference between it getting merge to net or net-next. If you don't have a preference either let's got with the usual process and send the patch to net, just share the conflict resolution and we can deal with it.
