On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 06:12:40PM +0530, Ujjal Roy wrote: > 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".
Sorry, but that's not here (remember, some of us get 1000+ emails a day.) Please explain why patches need to be backported when asking for them to be backported. thanks, greg k-h
