Hi Greg,
On 26/08/2024 14:09, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
Thank you for the notification!
(...)
> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
> From a13d5aad4dd9a309eecdc33cfd75045bd5f376a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:45:20 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] selftests: mptcp: join: check re-using ID of unused ADD_ADDR
>
> This test extends "delete re-add signal" to validate the previous
> commit. An extra address is announced by the server, but this address
> cannot be used by the client. The result is that no subflow will be
> established to this address.
>
> Later, the server will delete this extra endpoint, and set a new one,
> with a valid address, but re-using the same ID. Before the previous
> commit, the server would not have been able to announce this new
> address.
>
> While at it, extra checks have been added to validate the expected
> numbers of MPJ, ADD_ADDR and RM_ADDR.
>
> The 'Fixes' tag here below is the same as the one from the previous
> commit: this patch here is not fixing anything wrong in the selftests,
> but it validates the previous fix for an issue introduced by this commit
> ID.
>
> Fixes: b6c08380860b ("mptcp: remove addr and subflow in PM netlink")
For the same reasons as the ones invoked for v5.15, I don't think we
need to backport this patch to v5.10.
Cheers,
Matt
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