From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 235992231F for ; Fri, 24 May 2024 04:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716523796; cv=none; b=UMUmOKRw7YucYX3u/boYOkcR2FomDLBQgXkhkMbgfaMLUJqNvJBo6K/NFPnzzoDq1Eg/4zWBqCfJhIwA3+UvHJuPxxuhqNyhisfw9/AAj38mG7+UuQWldDm2mUGjmXoG3KegffBp9uKxFYr7g1wkX38UaN0/J7V10fcicL2LH8A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716523796; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ujSy0ghq53Rar15M1r7t6otLcq9oSO/xzo0cfyTbcGg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=dpHpD9GWDBjqeYsrpXga+Ou2iUYydvpKgbV+SFW2beMueC9S3Ggxhfiw8uaZz61POPyOiiTn6bsLOQPB9wfXuvMp/jgSUzny9+MgCWNKRkMFjzzNPCEE2hma0doM1RspGMJlx3EDl45E+vzI/Sh5wfWRjBj+NQBCRGRx/2JP02c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=IZWSf/BQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="IZWSf/BQ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 31866C2BBFC; Fri, 24 May 2024 04:09:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1716523795; bh=ujSy0ghq53Rar15M1r7t6otLcq9oSO/xzo0cfyTbcGg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=IZWSf/BQX5xtERkIjcFKlIkdHzQJeO0C2HDN/F8gVyQCYvB1qAszb/D2W/6kQdu2Q 9FgHH95IEdHZ1EC1MOD2LhxR9sR1HHrNcbFn/FUNPrmHMAZLIdmLKGZpVaYbbIfCwm BCQhrxBn6Uu3ik9x65rWQ8iK3mlEEoS9O14fJPis= Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:09:52 +0200 From: Greg KH To: "Liam R. Howlett" Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, fleischermarius@gmail.com, sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree Message-ID: <2024052401-scrimmage-camera-8cfa@gregkh> References: <2024051347-uncross-jockstrap-5ce0@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 03:45:22PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote: > * gregkh@linuxfoundation.org [240513 09:30]: > > > > 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 . > > > > 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 955a923d2809803980ff574270f81510112be9cf > > # > > git commit -s > > git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '2024051347-uncross-jockstrap-5ce0@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^.. > > > > Possible dependencies: > > > > 955a923d2809 ("maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference") > > 29ad6bb31348 ("maple_tree: fix allocation in mas_sparse_area()") > ^- This patch is needed, and has a fixes tag. I'm not entirely sure > why it wasn't included in 6.1 already, but it applies cleanly and > fixes the issue with 955a923d2809. "Fixes:" tags does not mean "will always end up in stable". Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this properly. > > fad8e4291da5 ("maple_tree: make maple state reusable after mas_empty_area_rev()") So you want us to take all of these? Or just the one? thanks, greg k-h