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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.18 081/141] net: remove noblock parameter from
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To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On 6/20/22 15:54, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 03:44:08PM +0200, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
>> Hello Greg,
>>
>> as already answered to Sascha:
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Hello Sasha,
>>
>> this patch is some kind of improvement/simplification to reduce and clean up
>> the number of variables passed through skb_recv_datagram() call.
>>
>> There is no functional change and therefore no need to backport this patch
>> IMO.
> 
> It is needed by a follow-on patch that fixes a real issue.

Ah, ok! Wasn't aware of that follow-on patch.

Sorry for the noise ;-)

Many thanks,
Oliver