Hi Ben, In case Axel can confirm, there is a "off-by-one" in one of the Fixes:
On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 10:27:37PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 upstream patch moreinfo > > Does this patch fix it? > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding > stump of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999 > From 4f97e494a3e2500166be4e8b53b4c412d6a44a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:18:49 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] usbnet: Report link up even when the interface is not yet up > > Even after commit 466d393700f9 ("net: usbnet: Fix the wrong > netif_carrier_on() call"), usbnet isn't calling netif_carrier_on() in > all the same cases it would before. Specifically, if the link is > reported up before EVENT_DEV_OPEN is set, netif_carrier_on() may no > longer be called. > > Fix this by checking for EVENT_LINK_CARRIER_ON first in > __handle_link_change(), before EVENT_DEV_OPEN. > > References: https://bugs.debian.org/1118465 > Reported-by: Axel Beckert <[email protected]> > Fixes: 0d9cfc9b8cb1 ("net: usbnet: Avoid potential RCU stall on LINK_CHANGE > event") > Fixes: 466d393700f9 ("net: usbnet: Fix the wrong netif_carrier_on() call") Should that be Fixes: 8466d393700f ("net: usbnet: Fix the wrong netif_carrier_on() call") ? Spotted it while checking to see ee which other stable series are affected. Regards, Salvatore
