[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "net: use netdev_features_t in skb_needs_linearize()" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    net: use netdev_features_t in skb_needs_linearize()

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 95764f27aab524f7433987bc01d656eebb4b66bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber at trash.net>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 22:36:49 +0000
Subject: net: use netdev_features_t in skb_needs_linearize()

[ Upstream commit 6708c9e5cc9bfc7c9a00ce9c0fdd0b1d4952b3d1 ]

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber at trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d592214..e55fb91 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_skb_features);
  *	2. skb is fragmented and the device does not support SG.
  */
 static inline int skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				      int features)
+				      netdev_features_t features)
 {
 	return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) &&
 			((skb_has_frag_list(skb) &&
--
1.8.1.2