Search Linux Wireless

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Fixed bug in mesh portal paths

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:20:03PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Paths to mesh portals were being timed out immediately after each use in
> > intermediate forwarding nodes.  mppath->exp_time is set to the expiration time
> > so assigning it to jiffies was marking the path as expired.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Is Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx required or does actually CC'ing
> stable@xxxxxxxxxx in the patch suffice? If the patch has the CC
> embedded on the commit log I thought stable team would be notified
> upon a merge of the patch. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Would like to verify as I'm going to be a stable whore now.

AIUI either is acceptable.  But adding the Cc line in the commit log
aids the stable team in automating their process.

In any case, sending stuff to stable@xxxxxxxxxx is highly recommended
(within their guidelines, of course).

John
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx			might be all we have.  Be ready.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]
  Powered by Linux