From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:45058 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751139AbdIHJoe (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2017 05:44:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:44:31 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Sven Joachim Cc: kvalo@codeaurora.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix fallback firmware loading" failed to apply to 4.13-stable tree Message-ID: <20170908094431.GA2914@kroah.com> References: <150479472915883@kroah.com> <871snheduu.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871snheduu.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 11:31:05AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-09-07 16:32 +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.13-stable tree. > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > > id to . > > I think it would be best to pick up commit f2764f61fa10 ("rtlwifi: Fix > memory leak when firmware request fails") which also seems to be > suitable for stable. After that commit, 1d9b168d8ea9 applies fine. > Debian has included both of these patches for almost four weeks[1]. Ok, that worked! thanks, greg k-h