> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:32 AM > To: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Patch "RDMA/cma: Consider scope_id while binding to ipv6 ll > address" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 02:01:59AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > > Hi Sasha, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 5:32 AM > > > To: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: stable-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Patch "RDMA/cma: Consider scope_id while binding to ipv6 ll > address" > > > has been added to the 4.4-stable tree > > > > > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > > > RDMA/cma: Consider scope_id while binding to ipv6 ll address > > > > > > to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: > > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable- > > > queue.git;a=summary > > > > > > The filename of the patch is: > > > rdma-cma-consider-scope_id-while-binding-to-ipv6-ll-.patch > > > and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. > > > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable > > > tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. > > > > > This patch depends on another patch [1] in same series. > > > > However, these two patches only make sense on the kernels which has > commit [2]. > > Patch [2] is not available in 4.4, 4.9 and 4.14 kernels. > > > > Therefore, patch in this email should not be applied to 4.4, 4.9 and 4.14 > kernel trees. > > Now dropped from all of those trees, thanks. > > > [1] commit 823b23da71132b80d9f41ab667c68b112455f3b6 ("IB/core: Allow > > vlan link local address based RoCE GIDs") > > Note this patch is only in 5.2-rc1, and not in any stable tree. is that ok? > This feature ('support of VLAN link local GIDs') is practically is getting added to 5.2 kernel using these two patches. So I think its ok to not include in older kernels. > thanks, > > greg k-h
