Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/core: Only enforce security for InfiniBand" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 02:53:58PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:50:31PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Don Dutile wrote:
> > > On 12/11/2017 04:19 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-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 <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > greg k-h
> > > > 
> > > That's b/c this patch needs to be applied (tagged for stable) first:
> > > 
> > > commit 2e4c85c6edc80fa532b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f
> > > Author: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
> > > Date:   Thu Nov 2 15:22:27 2017 +0200
> > > 
> > >     IB/core: Avoid unnecessary return value check
> > >     Since there is nothing done with non zero return value, such check is
> > >     avoided.
> > >     Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
> > >     Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@mellanox.com>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> > >     Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
> > > 2b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f
> > 
> > That patch was not tagged for stable at all :(
> 
> It doesn't look like something that should go to -stable to me..
> 
> I think we will need to make you a proper 4.14 backport for the 'Only
> enforce security for InfiniBand' patch.

No, I almost always want the same exact patches that are in Linus's
tree.  Otherwise the patch you make will be wrong 90% of the time.

thanks,

greg k-h