Comment 10 for bug 1692836

> Given that and assuming it still has the large performance improvement on newer kernel
> I think it's worth an attempt to submit upstream along with the test data.

Did anyone do this and can point me to the discussion in the archives?

FWIW, from *a quick look* it seems the patch that was applied looks like a variant of the patch discussed in https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5784701/ One of the core Linux kernel network developers there answered the question "Does this look ok/safe as a solution to you?" with "Not at all." (see Link for more details)