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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:08:21 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in
 ovl_create_over_whiteout()" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:42:20AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 1:08 AM <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-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>.
> 
> Attaching backport.  Should also apply cleanly to v3.18..v4.9

This doesn't apply at all, are you sure you generated it properly?  Can
you try it again?

thanks,

greg k-h