From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:43842 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1036754AbdDUIiz (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Apr 2017 04:38:55 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:38:44 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Germano Percossi Cc: pshilov@microsoft.com, smfrench@gmail.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, stable-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch "CIFS: reconnect thread reschedule itself" has been added to the 4.10-stable tree Message-ID: <20170421083844.GC14184@kroah.com> References: <1492519711174191@kroah.com> <48f830fd-5d60-91bf-6185-bb5a3b476dfe@citrix.com> <20170420110525.GA26795@kroah.com> <5ca9421a-8ebd-4a9b-c148-1fe15629fdae@citrix.com> <20170420114436.GA31362@kroah.com> <20170420133419.GC8998@kroah.com> <20170421083706.GA14184@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170421083706.GA14184@kroah.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:37:06AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:34:19PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 02:07:47PM +0100, Germano Percossi wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 20/04/17 12:44, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 12:10:00PM +0100, Germano Percossi wrote: > > > > > The reason why I asked it's because I did not receive any > > > > > "Failed" notification, so I assumed you did not even try. > > > > > > > > I tried, but for patches without any specific "Fixes:" tag, I have to > > > > just guess that if the patch does not apply, then it was not wanted > > > > to go that far back. > > > > > > > > > > You were right in your assumption about 18ea43113f: it could be ported > > > but it is not so important for 3.18 and 4.4 because we are not using > > > persistent handles there. > > > > > > For what concerns a0918f1ce6 "remove bad network.." on 3.18 I just ran > > > git cherry-pick a0918f1ce6 > > > on stable/linux-3.18.y without any problem. > > > Unless you use other commands with fuzz level lower than 2 > > > it should apply as is. > > > > Odd, it does apply, thanks. I'll apply it for the next 3.18-stable > > release after the current -rc one is released in a few days. > > Hm, but it isn't in 4.4-stable, you want it there too, right? It > doesn't apply cleanly there: > > Applying cifs-remove-bad_network_name-flag.patch to linux-4.4.y > Applying patch cifs-remove-bad_network_name-flag.patch > patching file fs/cifs/cifsglob.h > Hunk #1 succeeded at 906 (offset -42 lines). > patching file fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c > Hunk #1 FAILED at 1171. > Hunk #2 succeeded at 1036 with fuzz 2 (offset -241 lines). > 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c Oh nevermind, you already sent the backport for that, sorry for the noise... greg k-h