> One more friendly request, I see net-next is closed today, but our downstream > kernel release deadline is 5.20, so I want to test and release the new v14 today, > is it ok? 5.20? Didn't Linus run out of fingers and thumbs and went from 5.19 to 6.0? Anyway, this is your internal issue, since netdev only accepts new features patches for the next kernel release, not stable kernels. If you are forced to do upstream first, you are going to have to wait until the next cycle starts, and net-next reopens. Andrew