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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4-only] openvswitch: clear sender cpu before forwarding
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On 17/05/17 09:19, Greg KH wrote:
> Why is this a non-upstream patch?  What commit in Linus's tree fixed
> this?  Why not just backport that?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Agreed, I think it is sensible to backport 52bd2d62ce67 "net: better 
skb->sender_cpu and skb->napi_id cohabitation" to 4.4, rather than 
having a different patch.

I think backport might be required for 4.1 as well, but I haven't checked.

-Anoob.