From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:58813 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752655AbeDQMTw (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:19:52 -0400 Subject: WTF: patch "[PATCH] kvm: x86: fix a compile warning" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.16-stable tree? To: peng.hao2@zte.com.cn, pbonzini@redhat.com Cc: From: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:19:46 +0200 Message-ID: <1523967586946@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.16-stable tree. I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst. I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to and let me know why this patch should be applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be seen again. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >>From 3140c156e919b0f5fad5c5f6cf7876c39d1d4f06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peng Hao Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 09:15:32 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] kvm: x86: fix a compile warning fix a "warning: no previous prototype". Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Peng Hao Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 8f108131d85d..b2ff74b12ec4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -7943,7 +7943,7 @@ int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int idt_index, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_task_switch); -int kvm_valid_sregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_sregs *sregs) +static int kvm_valid_sregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_sregs *sregs) { if ((sregs->efer & EFER_LME) && (sregs->cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)) { /*