Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] sched/cache: Keep nr_pref_llc_running in the runnable domain," failed to apply to 7.2-stable tree

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 03:12:01PM -0700, Tim Chen wrote:
> On Tue, 2026-09-29 at 13:43 +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > The patch below does not apply to the 7.2-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 <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
> > 
> > git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-7.2.y
> > git checkout FETCH_HEAD
> > git cherry-pick -x 0d6526f82c3cdefcca47f73f5fc08dc6f335eac6
> 
> This patch seems to apply cleanly on latest 7.2.8:
> commit 9a66fdc0d7fd55f54235524a73435af99051e46f (tag: v7.2.8, stable/linux-7.2.y)
> 
> [tim@b04f130c83f2 linux]$ git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-7.2.y
> >From https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux
>  * branch                        linux-7.2.y -> FETCH_HEAD
> [tim@b04f130c83f2 linux]$ git checkout FETCH_HEAD
> HEAD is now at 9a66fdc0d7fd5 Linux 7.2.8
> [tim@b04f130c83f2 linux]$ git cherry-pick -x 0d6526f82c3cdefcca47f73f5fc08dc6f335eac6
> Auto-merging kernel/sched/fair.c
> [detached HEAD 9d0e82dcbce41] sched/cache: Keep nr_pref_llc_running in the runnable domain, to fix LLC mis-scheduling bug
>  Date: Mon Sep 21 17:37:22 2026 -0700
>  1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Does not apply now, perhaps due to other patches in the queue?

Again, can you send a series?

thanks,

greg k-h