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Hi,
The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.j.jha@xxxxxxxxxx>
Commit author: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.1.y | Present (exact SHA1)
5.15.y | Present (exact SHA1)
5.10.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1: 0c9f227bee11 ! 1: a38cbbbc21d7 ipv6: use skb_expand_head in ip6_xmit
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
ipv6: use skb_expand_head in ip6_xmit
+ [ Upstream commit 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 ]
+
Unlike skb_realloc_headroom, new helper skb_expand_head
does not allocate a new skb if possible.
@@ Commit message
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ (cherry picked from commit 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5)
+ Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.j.jha@xxxxxxxxxx>
## net/ipv6/ip6_output.c ##
@@ net/ipv6/ip6_output.c: int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
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Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-5.10.y | Success | Success |
| stable/linux-5.4.y | Success | Success |
