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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: Harshvardhan Jha harshvardhan.j.jha@oracle.com Commit author: Vasily Averin vvs@virtuozzo.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.1.y | Present (exact SHA1) 5.15.y | Present (exact SHA1) 5.10.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: 0c9f227bee11 ! 1: a38cbbbc21d7 ipv6: use skb_expand_head in ip6_xmit @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## ipv6: use skb_expand_head in ip6_xmit
+ [ Upstream commit 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 ] + Unlike skb_realloc_headroom, new helper skb_expand_head does not allocate a new skb if possible.
@@ Commit message
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin vvs@virtuozzo.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net + (cherry picked from commit 0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5) + Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha harshvardhan.j.jha@oracle.com
## net/ipv6/ip6_output.c ## @@ net/ipv6/ip6_output.c: int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6, ---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | stable/linux-5.10.y | Success | Success | | stable/linux-5.4.y | Success | Success |