Merge git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Fix transmissions in dynamic SMPS mode in ath9k, from Felix Fietkau.

 2) TX skb error handling fix in mt76 driver, also from Felix.

 3) Fix BPF_FETCH atomic in x86 JIT, from Brendan Jackman.

 4) Avoid double free of percpu pointers when freeing a cloned bpf prog.
    From Cong Wang.

 5) Use correct printf format for dma_addr_t in ath11k, from Geert
    Uytterhoeven.

 6) Fix resolve_btfids build with older toolchains, from Kun-Chuan
    Hsieh.

 7) Don't report truncated frames to mac80211 in mt76 driver, from
    Lorenzop Bianconi.

 8) Fix watcdog timeout on suspend/resume of stmmac, from Joakim Zhang.

 9) mscc ocelot needs NET_DEVLINK selct in Kconfig, from Arnd Bergmann.

10) Fix sign comparison bug in TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE getsockopt(), from
    Arjun Roy.

11) Ignore routes with deleted nexthop object in mlxsw, from Ido
    Schimmel.

12) Need to undo tcp early demux lookup sometimes in nf_nat, from
    Florian Westphal.

13) Fix gro aggregation for udp encaps with zero csum, from Daniel
    Borkmann.

14) Make sure to always use imp*_ndo_send when necessaey, from Jason A.
    Donenfeld.

15) Fix TRSCER masks in sh_eth driver from Sergey Shtylyov.

16) prevent overly huge skb allocationsd in qrtr, from Pavel Skripkin.

17) Prevent rx ring copnsumer index loss of sync in enetc, from Vladimir
    Oltean.

18) Make sure textsearch copntrol block is large enough, from Wilem de
    Bruijn.

19) Revert MAC changes to r8152 leading to instability, from Hates Wang.

20) Advance iov in 9p even for empty reads, from Jissheng Zhang.

21) Double hook unregister in nftables, from PabloNeira Ayuso.

22) Fix memleak in ixgbe, fropm Dinghao Liu.

23) Avoid dups in pkt scheduler class dumps, from Maximilian Heyne.

24) Various mptcp fixes from Florian Westphal, Paolo Abeni, and Geliang
    Tang.

25) Fix DOI refcount bugs in cipso, from Paul Moore.

26) One too many irqsave in ibmvnic, from Junlin Yang.

27) Fix infinite loop with MPLS gso segmenting via virtio_net, from
    Balazs Nemeth.

* git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (164 commits)
  s390/qeth: fix notification for pending buffers during teardown
  s390/qeth: schedule TX NAPI on QAOB completion
  s390/qeth: improve completion of pending TX buffers
  s390/qeth: fix memory leak after failed TX Buffer allocation
  net: avoid infinite loop in mpls_gso_segment when mpls_hlen == 0
  net: check if protocol extracted by virtio_net_hdr_set_proto is correct
  net: dsa: xrs700x: check if partner is same as port in hsr join
  net: lapbether: Remove netif_start_queue / netif_stop_queue
  atm: idt77252: fix null-ptr-dereference
  atm: uPD98402: fix incorrect allocation
  atm: fix a typo in the struct description
  net: qrtr: fix error return code of qrtr_sendmsg()
  mptcp: fix length of ADD_ADDR with port sub-option
  net: bonding: fix error return code of bond_neigh_init()
  net: enetc: allow hardware timestamping on TX queues with tc-etf enabled
  net: enetc: set MAC RX FIFO to recommended value
  net: davicom: Use platform_get_irq_optional()
  net: davicom: Fix regulator not turned off on driver removal
  net: davicom: Fix regulator not turned off on failed probe
  net: dsa: fix switchdev objects on bridge master mistakenly being applied on ports
  ...

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index 3973556250e1..003c865e9c21 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
- - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable
-   submission guidelines as described in
-   :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst <netdev-FAQ>`
-   after first checking the stable networking queue at
-   https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/netdev/stable/?state=*
-   to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up.
  - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
    process but should follow the procedures in
    :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 8c991c863628..91de63b201c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ should also read
 :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`
 in addition to this file.
 
-Note, however, that some subsystem maintainers want to come to their own
-conclusions on which patches should go to the stable trees.  The networking
-maintainer, in particular, would rather not see individual developers
-adding lines like the above to their patches.
-
 If changes affect userland-kernel interfaces, please send the MAN-PAGES
 maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file) a man-pages patch, or at
 least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way