From: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:57:48 +0100 > This patch is in the netdev patchwork at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/886324/ > but has been marked as "not applicable" without further queued/rejected comment > from Dave, so I believe it became a victim of email lossage. It is not a victim of email lossage. When someone posts a backport for -stable, that is not intended to be applied upstream (because it's already there), I add the patch to the stable bundle and mark it as "Not applicable" because it's "Not applicable" for upstream.