Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:22:55 +0000 | From | Luis Henriques <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 009/126] sit: fix sit0 percpu double allocations |
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On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 05:14:06PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:43:10 -0800 > > > 2) I have no idea why this patch is even backported to 3.16, > > since it is fixing a problem added in 3.18 : > > Because someone on the path to some of the -stable trees aren't even > checking the Fixes: tag in the patches they are backporting. > > And that's really bad...
As I already said before, this patch has been included in 3.16 because the SHA1 in the "Fixes:" *is* in 3.16 (as it is in other even older stable trees such as 3.12 and 3.14).
Cheers, -- Luís
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