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From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Marciniszyn, Mike" <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Cc: "stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>,
	"dledford@redhat.com" <dledford@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/hfi1: Fix deadlock with txreq allocation slow path" failed to apply to 4.6-stable tree
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:49:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160720214912.GA14708@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC2D05682C@fmsmsx120.amr.corp.intel.com>

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 09:17:30PM +0000, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.6-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>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> A 4.6 version is in http://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=146904918032092&w=2.

I can't do much with a web-link, can you send me the patch?

> Oddly it cherry-picked for me ok.  Is this due to a flaw in the stable triggering method in the upstream patch?

Hm, if cherry-pick worked, that's a huge hint, can you send me the
cherry-picked patch output?  Odds are git can handle a merge issue
better than quilt can.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-20 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-11 22:18 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/hfi1: Fix deadlock with txreq allocation slow path" failed to apply to 4.6-stable tree gregkh
2016-07-20 21:17 ` Marciniszyn, Mike
2016-07-20 21:49   ` gregkh [this message]
2016-07-20 22:46     ` Marciniszyn, Mike
2016-07-27 13:59       ` Marciniszyn, Mike

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