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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F74BC77B7E for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 07:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229448AbjE1HkR (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 03:40:17 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33428 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229447AbjE1HkQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 May 2023 03:40:16 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 240ADB4 for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 00:40:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A936460E9B for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 07:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C776BC433D2; Sun, 28 May 2023 07:40:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1685259614; bh=FrH8AIc7TJo3jUvcDEHLofUVr82+hr66ntasZpA8dJQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=aJLYmhmOXOPi+4T3wuD7PX5J0xVMJrAP9qq9dimuDNf0hpYkUijBff6rpoxvY84SN qGzCk7ZvXqZCTlI9s6ypV4OV9kPCmH30yZ6oKDKpvUrIvOygRjXVEU5AwEaY9gnxeY 5/SxYf21LPaPAz3gH3aTgPT1ZoyStWBH7oKmy5+Y= Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 08:40:11 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Tyler Hicks Cc: kernel test robot , Hardik Garg , stable@vger.kernel.org, oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 5.15 5.10 5.4 4.19 4.14] selftests/memfd: Fix unknown type name build failure Message-ID: <2023052853-harvest-coasting-f857@gregkh> References: <20230526232136.255244-1-hargar@linux.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 08:20:03PM -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote: > On 2023-05-27 07:23:22, kernel test robot wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for your patch. > > > > FYI: kernel test robot notices the stable kernel rule is not satisfied. > > > > Rule: 'Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org' or 'commit upstream.' > > Subject: [PATCH 6.1 5.15 5.10 5.4 4.19 4.14] selftests/memfd: Fix unknown type name build failure > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230526232136.255244-1-hargar%40linux.microsoft.com > > > > The check is based on https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > > > > Please ignore this mail if the patch is not relevant for upstream. > > I think Hardik did the right thing here. This is a build failure bug > that's present in stable kernels but was fixed in upstream by an > unrelated commit: > > 11f75a01448f ("selftests/memfd: add tests for MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL MFD_EXEC") > > It wouldn't be right to backport that patch because MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL and > MFD_EXEC weren't introduced until v6.3. > > There was an (unmerged) attempt to fix this specific build failure in upstream: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211203024706.10094-1-luke.nowakowskikrijger@canonical.com/ > > Hardik opted to follow what was done upstream in a patch specifically > for the stable tree. Yes, this is the right thing to do, you can ignore the bot :)