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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] [RFC] ipv6: Fix for possible ipv6 seqlock deadlock
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On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 09:00 -0700, John Stultz wrote:

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> It seems as such, so I'll add stable on my next submission.


Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

Q: I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable.
Should I request it via "stable@vger.kernel.org" like the references in
the kernel's Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt file say?

A: No, not for networking. Check the stable queues as per above 1st to see
if it is already queued. If not, then send a mail to netdev, listing
the upstream commit ID and why you think it should be a stable candidate.

Before you jump to go do the above, do note that the normal stable rules
in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt still apply. So you need to
explicitly indicate why it is a critical fix and exactly what users are
impacted. In addition, you need to convince yourself that you _really_
think it has been overlooked, vs. having been considered and rejected.

Generally speaking, the longer it has had a chance to "soak" in mainline,
the better the odds that it is an OK candidate for stable. So scrambling
to request a commit be added the day after it appears should be avoided.




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