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Date:   Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:27:46 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To:     Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, stable@vger.kernel.org,
        Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Linux X25 <linux-x25@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 075/130] net/lapb: fix t1 timer handling for
 LAPB_STATE_0
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On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 01:49:47AM -0800, Xie He wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 9:01 AM Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't think this patch is suitable for stable branches. This patch is
>> part of a patch series that changes the lapb module from "establishing the
>> L2 connection only when needed by L3", to "establishing the L2 connection
>> automatically whenever we are able to". This is a behavioral change. It
>> should be seen as a new feature. It is not a bug fix.
>
>Applying this patch without other patches in the same series will also
>introduce problems, because this patch relies on part of the changes
>in the subsequent patch in the same series to be correct.

I'll drop it, thanks!

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Thanks,
Sasha