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Hi,
The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 51f1892b5289f0c09745d3bedb36493555d6d90c
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@xxxxxxxx>
Commit author: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1: 51f1892b5289 ! 1: ca1838c81e75 selftests/bpf: Add netlink helper library
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
selftests/bpf: Add netlink helper library
+ [ Upstream commit 51f1892b5289f0c09745d3bedb36493555d6d90c ]
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Add a minimal netlink helper library for the BPF selftests. This has been
taken and cut down and cleaned up from iproute2. This covers basics such
as netdevice creation which we need for BPF selftests / BPF CI given
@@ Commit message
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024214904.29825-7-daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ Signed-off-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@xxxxxxxx>
## tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile ##
@@ tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile: endef
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Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y | Success | Success |
