From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33880C282C4 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:48:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C035F20821 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:48:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1549964881; bh=KGfDA30Md9i3+ZdnD2Il9rUsfH9AKkkqsZ9GNPgqEBo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=lNpAvJ1U3anYnx+c8QtXC6oUPkDZLT0xWLR1MWrOcKJCpJ79y6ZRTV6v+OwbB2LXA ul/dsNZpwRE+C0Wf2IiOJgJC2703TjrObX/lRLUCeUzI/pD36Z8RjygQyPhUrVLfka 0le6UyKDyMJZitSyUGQyXQxZvJVsj2B+U0mssLdQ= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728115AbfBLJr7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 04:47:59 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:48968 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727509AbfBLJr6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2019 04:47:58 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 328402082F; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:47:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1549964877; bh=KGfDA30Md9i3+ZdnD2Il9rUsfH9AKkkqsZ9GNPgqEBo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=qEQl9PeScNsXjEhSQssX0iVLzcMCp7LUALPS8tLb+3DL3apHat88slYdhU75+ENpe 5Uwd8AO00tb3sTXuNsUxPbTbFFJLn8MXgmaqAZ5ntN0SRcosX8YlTJnJtFTft9GWcm aXJSN841iYsZG39mYqn5swTLRkLeE43WHs7oE4Nc= Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:47:54 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Koen Vandeputte Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Lorenzo Bianconi , Kalle Valo , Sasha Levin Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.20 018/352] ath9k: dynack: use authentication messages for late ack Message-ID: <20190212094754.GA19627@kroah.com> References: <20190211141846.543045703@linuxfoundation.org> <20190211141847.541071852@linuxfoundation.org> <20190211170252.GE21634@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:40:14AM +0100, Koen Vandeputte wrote: > > On 11.02.19 18:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > > Dear Greg, > > > > > > No idea if this is the proper location to report this or if I should inform > > > stable@vger.. , but: > > > > > > This backport alone is useless without backporting following 2 commits below > > > also, unless the 2 wifi devices using dynack start off at very close > > > distance. > > > > > > Their commits messages indicate them as improvements, but they should be > > > considered as fixes. > > > > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=0c60c490830a1a756c80f8de8d33d9c6359d4a36 > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.0-rc6&id=9d3d65a91f027b8a9af5e63752d9b78cb10eb92d > > > > > > > > > It's safe to add them to all stables involved (4.20, 4.19, 4.14, 4.9) > > Thanks, that looks reasonable, now queued up. > > > > greg k-h > > > Hi Greg, > > Just noticed the primary dynack patch also got merged into 4.4 stable rc > > Could you also apply the 2 fixes above to 4.4? > > > Checked older versions (< 4.4) .. and they are not required there. The build breaks when the series in on 4.4, so I dropped the patches from there, and 3.18. If you want to send a backported series that builds properly, I will be glad to queue that up. thanks, greg k-h