From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE23BC4724C for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 05:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB720208DB for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 05:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kroah.com header.i=@kroah.com header.b="cDeOnyzk"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="n2FRkI87" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728184AbgEAFxb (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 01:53:31 -0400 Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.25]:37399 "EHLO wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726452AbgEAFxb (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 May 2020 01:53:31 -0400 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30979480; Fri, 1 May 2020 01:53:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 01 May 2020 01:53:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm3; bh=aL2xoRvlH3KhRZsuUB+rD3AmlYc cUb/P3zhe/y/AnQk=; b=cDeOnyzkS1pzz4RvdQSYaflaxsfqWUym5u/eIbYN7wW E+z2iG1Co+7V3e8Eo1o+kaPL/s8hieocH4YjrovsbwuWiAp1F90biJT28tqYfM0I CIJrxv/RavUAT2fwPpCWfu5EU6dHGTVKTa1ko2sulSMg1AI8mEIUzROMP3gBRzfi w9OUxv4dcC67AIMM0E42ITeo4R0MVvCCG05/kxWDW3Wm3WFA+jh5RILn4oFY3mKr R28EJXYI2jwwqbEFaOSnKGmDjYR6l5Y0MLg0Hccx4ng8BxuNfUojMNoiR9Mpv4hh Ga/sKFYHarvxTkBArruPADQOeMderQ+muzDsqQAgu2w== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=aL2xoR vlH3KhRZsuUB+rD3AmlYccUb/P3zhe/y/AnQk=; b=n2FRkI87xDtyzVITcDIe66 Maq38f389+E2/oPtOW1ZbPBQUrOiaS7scgKxUfEol5cHREy6nEPyS6SX3w9bZ2Vc uplXixOOms8BfYxgnHijyS0yaXWObax8FugqHlg1/enP60OiE7x5kuwWp/84KgRN B9dDnvRBhdCF0S6PqHi7lyQ25MvWCr48kVPj1hKV2KzmMwkXaVQZ1O/dkGWBhncR VXnIYXqCVh02nLpxpP/nx+V2gOH1FGUfy2agwUcnjsQ2K3BJCcmsr63W2EhNfP6J 4bAi3fSyJSeOPY4askKlhK0d2wVlqT0buqAc2rb991cy8QBdnZVDkaFsXutFjNyg == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrieeigdelkecutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenuc fjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesthdtredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepifhrvghgucfm jfcuoehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepueelledthe ekleethfeludduvdfhffeuvdffudevgeehkeegieffveehgeeftefgnecuffhomhgrihhn pehkvghrnhgvlhdrohhrghenucfkphepkeefrdekiedrkeelrddutdejnecuvehluhhsth gvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepghhrvghgsehkrhhorghh rdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 62CE63280059; Fri, 1 May 2020 01:53:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 07:53:26 +0200 From: Greg KH To: rananta@codeaurora.org Cc: Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Request to backport a patch onto 5.4.y stable Message-ID: <20200501055326.GA805178@kroah.com> References: <20200430233357.GA13035@sasha-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 08:23:54PM -0700, rananta@codeaurora.org wrote: > On 2020-04-30 16:33, Sasha Levin wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 01:36:45PM -0700, rananta@codeaurora.org wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I need help to backport the patch with the following details onto > > > the 5.4.y stable branch: > > > Subject: [PATCH] tty: hvc: Fix data abort due to race in hvc_open > > > commit-id: e2bd1dcbe1aa34ff5570b3427c530e4332ecf0fe > > > Reason: The issue addressed in the patch was discovered on 5.4.y > > > branch > > > > Is it in Linus's tree? > It's on linux-next tree: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c?id=e2bd1dcbe1aa34ff5570b3427c530e4332ecf0fe As per the rules documented at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html a patch has to be in Linus's tree before it can be included in a stable kernel. Please work with the tty developer to get this into Linus's tree if you feel it should be needed there. As it is, it is only scheduled to be sent to him for 5.8-rc1 as your patch description did not make it seem very urgent or relevant for 5.7-final. thanks, greg k-h