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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: linyunsheng@huawei.com, brouer@redhat.com,
	ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] page_pool: fix inconsistency for page_pool_ring_[un]lock()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 08:23:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023053021-perfected-cathouse-bb40@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230529190034.5e20c2dc@kernel.org>

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 07:00:34PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2023 17:55:22 +0100 gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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>.
> 
> Do you track the missing backports?

Nope, once I email this off, it goes off of my radar.  But I know Sasha
sometimes tries to fix them up, as do others as it's an easy TODO list
for people who want to help out.

> We fumbled the Fixes tag on
> this one, turns out it's not needed further back than it applies.
> In such cases is it useful to let you know or just silently ignore 
> the failure notification?

It's good to say "this isn't needed" so that others don't spend time on
it, so thanks!

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2023-05-30  7:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-28 16:55 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] page_pool: fix inconsistency for page_pool_ring_[un]lock()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2023-05-30  2:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-05-30  7:23   ` Greg KH [this message]

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