> -----Original Message----- > From: Tommi Rantala [mailto:tommi.t.rant...@nokia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 03:50 AM > To: Jon Maloy <jon.ma...@ericsson.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org > Cc: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>; GUNA <gbala...@gmail.com>; > Ying Xue <ying....@windriver.com> > Subject: Re: "tipc: fix socket timer deadlock" to stable? > > On 13.03.2017 14:18, Jon Maloy wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tommi Rantala [mailto:tommi.t.rant...@nokia.com] > >> > >> We're seeing this tipc deadlock in 4.4.y, that was fixed in the > >> mainline commit > >> f1d048f24e66ba85d3dabf3d076cefa5f2b546b0 "tipc: fix socket timer > >> deadlock". > >> > >> Could/should this patch also be included in the stable kernel trees? > > > > I think it should. If action is required by me here (?) I will repost the > > commit > for 4.4. > > > > ///jon > > Hi Jon, yes, please do repost the commit. After reading through > Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt, you probably want to send it > with suitable subject-prefix so that the patch is not lost in the noise. > Ok. I'll do that. Just have to do proper testing first.
///jon > >> I just checked that the patch applies on top of 4.4.53, only the line > >> numbers are different compared to the upstream commit. > > (Actually there is also a small change in the patch context.) > > -Tommi
