Subject: Re: Request for "ip_tunnels: allow VXLAN/GENEVE to inherit TOS/TTL from VLAN" in v5.4 / v5.15

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:52:52 +0200

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:43:24AM +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to request for cherry-picking commit 7074732c8fae ("ip_tunnels:
> allow VXLAN/GENEVE to inherit TOS/TTL from VLAN") in linux-5.15.y and
> linux-5.4.y branches.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7074732c8fae
> 
> This commit has lived since a long time in upstream (11 months), the potential
> regressions seems low. The cherry-pick is straightforward.
> It fixes the vxlan tos inherit option when vlan frames are encapsulated in vxlan.
> 
> The kernel 5.4 and 5.15 are used by a lot of vendors, having this patch will fix
> this bug.

You forgot about 5.10.y :)

Now queued up for all 3, thanks.

greg k-h