Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] net: thunderx: Miscellaneous fixes
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@suse.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:35:29 +0100
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On 11/14/2016 06:32 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@suse.com>
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:01:25 +0100
>
>>
>>
>> On 14/11/16 11:54, sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com wrote:
>>> From: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@cavium.com>
>>>
>>> This patchset includes fixes for incorrect LMAC credits,
>>> unreliable driver statistics, memory leak upon interface
>>> down e.t.c
>>>
>>
>> Are these fixes relevant to for older kernels as well?
>> If so, please add "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" to the Sigend-off list.
>
> This is not appropriate for networking patches.
>
> People instead explicitly request -stable inclusion when the
> submit networking changes to me, and I queue them up for
> later submission.
>

Ok, thanks for clarification.