Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] clocksource/i8253: Use raw_spinlock_irqsave() in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 08:53:26AM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2025-05-12 12:31:56 [+0200], gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > 
> > 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 94cff94634e506a4a44684bee1875d2dbf782722
> > # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
> > git commit -s
> > git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025051256-encrust-scribe-9996@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..
> > 
> …
> 
> I performed these steps and the patch applied. The diff is the same so
> git did not attempt to resolve a conflict on its own. HEAD was at
> v6.1.138 at the time.

Did you build the result?  Many times FAILED reports are due to that.

thanks,

greg k-h