Re: [stable request <= 3.11] net/mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame race

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On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 11:38:37AM -0800, Vinson Lee wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:09 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Cong Wang <cwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:22:18 -0800
> >
> >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:41 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There is no documented way nor do I wish to state anything so strictly.
> >>> I want maximum flexibility for such a time consuming task.
> >>>
> >>> I tend to go back 3 or 4 releases at most, and it really depends upon
> >>> the difficulty of the backports and my own time constraints.
> >>
> >> You should really offload to developers, otherwise too much work for you. :)
> >
> > That's exactly what I am doing by having the -stable maintainers for older
> > releases deal with the backports and other pains.
> 
> + stable
> 
> Please backport upstream commit
> 2d4b646613d6b12175b017aca18113945af1faf3 "net/mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame
> race" to stable kernels. David is no longer supporting 3.10 and older.
> 
> Please refer to http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=141366689811844 for
> previous comments in thread.

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h
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