From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:56716 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727504AbeHLSGh (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:06:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 17:28:10 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Sudip Mukherjee Cc: jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il, jgg@mellanox.com, leonro@mellanox.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/core: Make testing MR flags for writability a static" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree Message-ID: <20180812152810.GD30273@kroah.com> References: <1530437845229151@kroah.com> <20180812135649.3oz43dq7ljk5flxu@debian> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180812135649.3oz43dq7ljk5flxu@debian> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 02:56:49PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Sun, Jul 01, 2018 at 11:37:25AM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-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 . > > The attached backported patch should apply to 4.4-stable and also to > 4.9-stable. > > Though I am confused about why this should be in stable, unless some > later fix, required in stable, depends on this. That's a good question. Can some IB developer please answer this before I queue this up? thanks, greg k-h