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 4F2E9C32792 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 10:17:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0E121D71 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 10:17:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1570097828; bh=5OM8J6Pb0uIJkb1p9cxTKr+YrVkdO+tv6hyPsF0Cfyc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=UAZAxApijxWr9Xwx4wHSvj3+Q1j1IKFWeVN9ejqk4kijVs9FLegNGtEwt0FYcPGC8 Vp2sko5m5UUoN++nvcWnuTdMqkb9z5rvet80BJ/dgy5/VDEVErrlu/XTAAqXjlbQjH s2XKrbAXUEYd9IKPO7mESoLShOaw996A+txy217E= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725892AbfJCKRH (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2019 06:17:07 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:56826 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725827AbfJCKRH (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2019 06:17:07 -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 4263A218DE; Thu, 3 Oct 2019 10:17:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1570097826; bh=5OM8J6Pb0uIJkb1p9cxTKr+YrVkdO+tv6hyPsF0Cfyc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=rhsIpyLurUg+S7WEbSiisbWy2SDuhm/dW2Iqt8AyBF4GHsGzXzob/E2YHt6sXBvOH /90PFmM4I6sPmjvtgZ9/KnPZAn8PPp6JZU16ALgfOgSmVCwJPWRrnXasaVwmMeoGtX 090oqdENht+MC/hMOowgeZdNCgpJryTTWUzl2bm0= Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 12:17:04 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Vitaly Kuznetsov Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, sean.j.christopherson@intel.com Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86: KVM: svm: Fix a check in nested_svm_vmrun()" failed to apply to 5.3-stable tree Message-ID: <20191003101704.GA2141015@kroah.com> References: <1570089676108127@kroah.com> <87pnje18zy.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87pnje18zy.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 11:19:45AM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > writes: > > > The patch below does not apply to the 5.3-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 > > > > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ > > > > From a061985b81a20248da60589d01375ebe9bec4dfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Dan Carpenter > > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:38:52 +0300 > > Subject: [PATCH] x86: KVM: svm: Fix a check in nested_svm_vmrun() > > > > We refactored this code a bit and accidentally deleted the "-" character > > from "-EINVAL". The kvm_vcpu_map() function never returns positive > > EINVAL. > > > > Fixes: c8e16b78c614 ("x86: KVM: svm: eliminate hardcoded RIP > > advancement from vmrun_interception()") > > Hm, this commit wasn't backported to 5.3-stable so no fix is needed > (scripts don't check pre-requisites like commits mentioned in Fixes:?) > > Also, c8e16b78c614 is not a stable@ candidate IMO. > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > This wasn't needed as it's only 5.4 which will have the offending commit > and the fix. Yes, I saw that, but as it was explicitly marked for the stable tree, I wanted to verify that this really was not needed here. thanks greg k-h