On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 10:13:27AM +0000, Ujjal Roy wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > Please consider backporting the following bridge multicast fix series to > > 6.1.y, 6.6.y, 6.12.y, 6.18.y and 7.0.y. > > > > 726fa7da2d8c ("ipv4: igmp: get rid of IGMPV3_{QQIC,MRC} and simplify > > calculation") > > 12cfb4ecc471 ("ipv6: mld: rename mldv2_mrc() and add mldv2_qqi()") > > 95bfd196f0dc ("ipv4: igmp: encode multicast exponential fields") > > e51560f4220a ("ipv6: mld: encode multicast exponential fields") > > 529dbe762de0 ("selftests: net: bridge: add MRC and QQIC field encoding > > tests") > > Why is any of this needed in older kernels? > > And 7.0.y is long end-of-life. > > And why, if this does fix issues, was it not tagged for stable to start > with? > > thanks, > > greg k-h
I already explained this in the email thread, "Please backport bridge multicast exponential field encoding fix series to stable kernels".
