Re: Steam is broken on new kernels

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jun 21 2019 - 17:41:45 EST


On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 02:27:41PM -0700, Pierre-Loup A. Griffais wrote:
> This seems to have broken us:
>
> https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.11
>
> Here's some affected users:
>
> https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6326
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/c37lmh/psa_steam_does_not_connect_on_kernels_newer_than/
>
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Networking-Kernel-Woes
>
> I don't really understand that distributions that claim to be desktop
> products would have fast-tracked a server-oriented fix to all their users
> without testing one of the primary desktop usecases, but that's another
> thing to figure out later.
>

What specific commit caused the breakage?