Re: Please backport bridge multicast exponential field encoding fix series to 6.1.y/6.6.y/6.12.y/6.18.y/7.0.y

On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 10:13:27AM +0000, Ujjal Roy wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Please consider backporting the following bridge multicast fix series to 6.1.y, 6.6.y, 6.12.y, 6.18.y and 7.0.y.
> 
> 726fa7da2d8c ("ipv4: igmp: get rid of IGMPV3_{QQIC,MRC} and simplify calculation")
> 12cfb4ecc471 ("ipv6: mld: rename mldv2_mrc() and add mldv2_qqi()")
> 95bfd196f0dc ("ipv4: igmp: encode multicast exponential fields")
> e51560f4220a ("ipv6: mld: encode multicast exponential fields")
> 529dbe762de0 ("selftests: net: bridge: add MRC and QQIC field encoding tests")

Why is any of this needed in older kernels?

And 7.0.y is long end-of-life.

And why, if this does fix issues, was it not tagged for stable to start
with?

thanks,

greg k-h