On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:43 PM Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/12/19 4:39 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: > > 092-netfilter-nf_tables-fix-mismatch-in-big-endian-syste.patch > > Upstream commit 10596608c4d62cb8c1c2b806debcbd32fe657e71 > > "netfilter: nf_tables: fix mismatch in big-endian system" > > Merged in v4.11 > > I tried to get this into 4.9 stable but failed to get the process right, > it looks it is somehow special for network patches. Just cherry-picking > the upstream patch will not work because it does not apply cleanly on > kernel 4.9 any more, but you can take the patch for OpenWrt. HM Okay... > > UAPI bug on if_ether.h > > definately looks like stable material: > > > > 272-uapi-if_ether.h-prevent-redefinition-of-struct-ethhd.patch > > Upstream commit 6926e041a8920c8ec27e4e155efa760aa01551fd > > "uapi/if_ether.h: prevent redefinition of struct ethhdr" > > Merged in v4.15 > > As of now this is only needed for musl libc, but would be nice to have > it in stable. Yeah, my whole puzzlement here is that stable is for all stuff that distributions need to have to work without regressions with the current hardware support and software stack, if we include a patch into a distribution that is backported from a later kernel and it's not about specific hardware enablement or say new frameworks, it is pretty much by definition stable material, so that is why I am taking this sweep. BTW OpenWrt is among the best in class using stable, the whole operation is just a bit of polishing the already shiny surface. Yours, Linus Walleij
