> > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 12:47:41PM +0000, Grumbach, Emmanuel wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:43:07AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 12:35:46PM +0000, Grumbach, Emmanuel > wrote: > > > > > > Subject: Re: [RFT] iwlwifi: dvm: drop non VO frames when > > > > > > flushing > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 04:57:12PM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach > wrote: > > > > > > > + if (vif) > > > > > > > + scd_queues &= ~BIT(vif- > > > >hw_queue[IEEE80211_AC_VO]); > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm backporting this to 3.13, and this part doesn't work > > > > > > unless 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a is also > > > > > > backported. Is this critical, or can it be omitted in the backport? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a isn't really critical, > > > > > but it is > > > a dependency, and it is safe IMO. > > > > > But I'd wait for a bit more testing :) The patch isn't even in > > > > > my tree yet :) > > > > > > > > My backport is for testing too. Most of our bugs are against > > > > Ubuntu 14.04, which uses 3.13. Seems better to have them test this > > > > change in isolation rather than also testing everything which has > > > > changed up to 3.17. > > > > > > > > I agree the patch is safe, > > > > > > Sorry, I was ambiguous here. I mean that > > > 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a is safe to backport. > > > > > > > but I'd also prefer to have it tested in the form which would > > > > eventually get applied to the 3.13 extended stable tree. So I take > > > > it for stable you would advocate applying both patches? > > > > I guess... I can rework the discussed patch (drop non VO ...) to work > > without 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a, but is it really > worth it? > > I don't see any reason not to backport > 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a. > > IMHO, the easiest is to backport > > 77be2c54c5bd26279abc13807398771d80cda37a and apply the drop non VO > on top of it. > > > > What am I missing? > > Nothing, except that stable kernel rules dictate that only bug fixes will be > applied. 77be2c54c5 isn't a bug fix. If it's a necessary prerequisite then I > suspect they'd be accomodating, but if it's not necessary then they might > request a backport which doesn't require 77be2c54c5. > > No sense it beating it to death now though. I'll backport both, and if the > stable trees end up with something different I can ask for additional testing. > Especially if it involves more than simply dropping those two lines. >
Yeah - I know the rules, but heh... You can even either: 1) a patch that is not a bug fix and then no conflicts 2) a conflict which can be tricky (bug prone) to solve Sometimes rules need to be challenged :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
