On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:25:42 +0100 Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: > This series has a collection of fixes that have piled up for a little > while now, that I unfortunately didn't get a chance to send out earlier. > > 1) Removes unlikely() from IS_ERR(), since it's already implied. > > 2) Remove a bogus sparse annotation that hasn't been needed for years. > > 3) Addition test in the test suite for stressing parallel ndo_start_xmit. > > 4) Slight struct reordering in preparation for subsequent fix. > > 5) If skb->protocol is bogus, we no longer attempt to send icmp messages. > > 6) Massive memory usage fix, hit by larger deployments. > > 7) Fix typo in kconfig dependency logic. > > (1) and (2) are tiny cleanups, and (3) is just a test, so if you're > trying to reduce churn, you could not backport these. But (4), (5), (6), > and (7) fix problems and should be applied to stable. IMO, it's probably > easiest to just apply them all to stable.
Preferably 1, 2, 4 and 6 should go into net-next first, and not be posted half way through the merge window, but I trust you had them well tested so applied, thanks!
