Bionic SRU request: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-June/092911.html
Xenial SRU request: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-June/092915.html ** Description changed: + == SRU Justification == + Recently, a couple of fixes went in vmxnet3 driver related to LRO, transmit + reset and rxvlan disabled fix. VMWare is requesting these fixes in + Bionic and Xenial. + + A backport was needed to update version info in vmxnet3_int.h + + == Fixes == + 7a4c003d6921 ("vmxnet3: avoid xmit reset due to a race in vmxnet3)" + 034f40579389 ("vmxnet3: use correct flag to indicate LRO feature") + 65ec0bd1c7c1 ("vmxnet3: fix incorrect dereference when rxvlan is disabled") + + == Regression Potential == + Low. Limited to vmxnet3 driver. + + == Test Case == + A test kernel was built with these patches and tested by the original bug reporter. + The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug. + + Recently, a couple of fixes went in vmxnet3 driver related to LRO, transmit reset and rxvlan disabled fix. Below are the commits: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=7a4c003d6921e2af215f4790aa43a292bdc78be0 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=034f405793897a3c8f642935f5494b86c340cde7 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=65ec0bd1c7c14522670a5294de35710fb577a7fd This is a request to bring Ubuntu vmxnet3 driver up to date with ToT Linux kernel. Could you please backport it to 16.04 and 18.04 LTS releases? Thanks, Ronak -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768143 Title: vmxnet3: update to latest ToT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1768143/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
