From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:38624 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726760AbeJPVqE (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:46:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:55:27 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Mike Kravetz Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, dave@stgolabs.net, jglisse@redhat.com, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, mhocko@suse.com, n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, vbabka@suse.cz Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: migration: fix migration of huge PMD shared pages" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree Message-ID: <20181016135527.GD20256@kroah.com> References: <153923786854206@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 03:42:59PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote: > On 10/10/18 11:04 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-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 . > > > > After completing the upstream patch, Michal, Jerome and myself had a discussion > about how to do a backport (specifically to 4.4). I don't think we ever came > to a definitive conclusion. So, there may be additional discussion needed > here. But, the following is what I have. What about 4.9? It's also needed there, will this patch also work there? thanks, greg k-h