Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in hv_compose_msi_msg()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 03:23:45AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 7:56 PM
> > To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> >  ...
> > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 06:56:12PM -0700, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > > [Cc stable]
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 01:52:56PM -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > > The local variable 'vector' must be u32 rather than u8: see the
> > > > struct hv_msi_desc3.
> > > >
> > > > 'vector_count' should be u16 rather than u8: see struct hv_msi_desc,
> > > > hv_msi_desc2 and hv_msi_desc3.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Dexuan, I think this patch should only be in 5.15, because...
> > >
> > 
> > Sorry, I meant:
> > 
> > "this patch should also be backported in 5.15"
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Boqun
> > 
> > > > Fixes: a2bad844a67b ("PCI: hv: Fix interrupt mapping for multi-MSI")
> > >
> > > ^^^ this commit is already in 5.15.y (commit id 92dcb50f7f09).
> > >
> > > Upstream id e70af8d040d2b7904dca93d942ba23fb722e21b1
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.15.x
> 
> The faulty commit a2bad844a67b ("PCI: hv: Fix interrupt mapping for multi-MSI")
> is in all the stable branches, even including 4.14.y, so yes, the commit
> e70af8d040d2 ("PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in hv_compose_msi_msg()")
> should be backported to all the stable branches as well, including
> v5.15.y, v5.10.y, v5.4.y, v4.19.y, v4.14.y.
> 
> e70af8d040d2 has a Fixes tag. Not sure why it's not automatically backported.

Also, the most obvious reason, it does NOT apply there!  If this needs
to go to 5.15.y and older, please send working backports of it.

thanks,

greg k-h