From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA929C433FF for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621A02147A for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:10:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565539803; bh=eII2pVSZ+v6pNbEDA2IZCkWoJkwp8c2tsV6oyjwz/A0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=T0oolrqPYSTC6enrKlHHjQnzOWZZ3SN0RboIQiP6q94oE/YpKPXl+RWDBZ42CV1Uu SWNOX1ZHHlTdYMAZ2OZ+ah9s4zq9weOq2fk4pu4Cvj7nf4gyOWw5jiFV8fCKr0abHr PS3XORfZ6cdqG6HM2z7ladKNNGMMSE1OnSuIzkeU= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726458AbfHKQKD (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:10:03 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41892 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726313AbfHKQKC (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:10:02 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C96920880; Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:10:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1565539802; bh=eII2pVSZ+v6pNbEDA2IZCkWoJkwp8c2tsV6oyjwz/A0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=nknZt1eGhkePO1C4OhRRxC8s2VA6Qyyt1Akqj+WCKDcMRrykvcQ3x7P3+1GMHJhKc wBTqI3E003O1f7Tdw3gaR6BggHGzREbkR5j3Do4EOtt+/pjzKPjY9ZezCSA18beg8q bPK3B0TJ6d41OSf7CocTPVahlKjM+yre7zsX8LNM= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:09:59 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Coly Li Cc: alexandru.ardelean@analog.com, axboe@kernel.dk, pflin@suse.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bcache: Revert "bcache: use sysfs_match_string() instead of" failed to apply to 5.2-stable tree Message-ID: <20190811160959.GA8117@kroah.com> References: <156553570618483@kroah.com> <81d2423d-74dd-50ba-4a33-05306a1b13dd@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <81d2423d-74dd-50ba-4a33-05306a1b13dd@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 11:41:57PM +0800, Coly Li wrote: > On 2019/8/11 11:01 下午, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 5.2-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 . > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > Hi Greg, > > I will post a rebased patch for the 5.2-stable tree. Is it really needed? I ask because in the patch it says: > > This bug was introduced in Linux v5.2, so this fix only applies to > > Linux v5.2 is enough for stable tree maintainer. > > > > Fixes: 89e0341af082 ("bcache: use sysfs_match_string() instead of __sysfs_match_string()") But commit 89e0341af082 showed up in 5.3-rc1, not 5.2. So why is this needed in 5.2.y? thanks, greg k-h