Re: Missing patch "ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel" in some stable trees

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Hi Guillaume,

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 08:16:44PM +0100, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Commit 1f461dcdd296 ("ppp: take reference on channels netns") has been
> backported to most stable trees. Unfortunately, it introduced a race
> that was later fixed by commit 205e1e255c47 ("ppp: defer netns
> reference release for ppp channel"), which hasn't made its way to all
> of these trees.
> 
> Looking at https://kernel.org/category/releases.html, the fix is
> missing for 3.10-stable, 3.18-stable, 4.1-stable and 4.4-stable (not
> counting obsolete trees).
> 
> Can you guys queue 205e1e255c47 ("ppp: defer netns reference release
> for ppp channel") for your next -stable updates?

Thanks I've just queued it for 3.10 now. I'm a bit late on the release
but hope to assign some time to it soon.

Cheers,
Willy
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