Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: fix set_mempolicy_home_node() previous VMA" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

Liam R. Howlett
2023-11-01T14:54:54Z

* Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [231031 10:50]:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 09:51:11AM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> >
> > Added Michal to the Cc as I'm referencing his patch below.
> >
> > * gregkh@linuxfoundation.org <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [231027 08:14]:
> > >
> > > The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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>.
> > >
> > > To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
> > >
> > > git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
> > > git checkout FETCH_HEAD
> > > git cherry-pick -x 51f625377561e5b167da2db5aafb7ee268f691c5
> > > # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
> > > git commit -s
> > > git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2023102704-surrogate-dole-2888@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..
> > >
> > > Possible dependencies:
> >
> > Can we add this patch to the dependency list? It will allow my patch to
> > be applied cleanly, and looks like it is close to a valid backport
> > itself.
> >
> > e976936cfc66 ("mm/mempolicy: do not duplicate policy if it is not
> > applicable for set_mempolicy_home_node")
>
> This commit does not apply to 6.1.y at all :(
>

Sorry about that. Yes, it looks like it is probably easier to re-work
my patch. I'll take a closer look.

Thanks,
Liam