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 C81F63ECBC7; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:30 +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=1773762030; cv=none; b=hGa/hMFZ2ArqUi86tAkSHP34qfTJoAtrT+XJ8yIBiUglUOjJj+hIirUFmOUwGizF3d1NCmAwVhHGuqIJbj1JVqrwpaMp/SW3JIET3fiOE+YtfXUE1pEoUWvM/AUTZ082VAChiBvYM4M5asnZCGzTLhnlW5tGfhObr2FLE37I1Cg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773762030; c=relaxed/simple; bh=BfaTriaSJ29MVQqp85gTBqfNh1IyY82NUXnhV6iiVc4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Yc6Qgbc43RfTBM0dm5lhm6OX+cLXgXQcK4Voq6ZT7AZJmez6t24N7lGP7si+GAKNiiELoEND5dtUq6BL5Cu3gfGrziuWRepkDHYBvS/vXhdssbwXIPzvIEsODjUw0lJu4HX/nw0ZI4+SAjNdEkTXHa/c5ryJyGRp6+DQR3RTne4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=J97z4Izl; 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="J97z4Izl" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D7683C4CEF7; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1773762030; bh=BfaTriaSJ29MVQqp85gTBqfNh1IyY82NUXnhV6iiVc4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=J97z4IzliuhNK/eTc2HVLuQfiAy8nOseVESl7NG9YuP9kiwQ0mmLF4dI03zWAY3rv HjKWAGBPFxHSBx1PF4Mtit/holR50ksVi43krc7iz5/oyLPLRYCXm0XhwbB2zwPwa6 V9XRbucKMJd48/8XZkM1deGt3zBSv7HxubPHLsqo= Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:39:52 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Dawid Osuchowski Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, stable-commits@vger.kernel.org, aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, jakub.staniszewski@linux.intel.com, pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, sx.rinitha@intel.com Subject: Re: Patch "ice: fix retry for AQ command 0x06EE" has been added to the 5.15-stable tree Message-ID: <2026031723-graceful-chaos-9ca2@gregkh> References: <2026031705-nimbly-relatable-1e23@gregkh> <225eb7e2-c470-4307-90d5-0b56a35c4543@linux.intel.com> 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: <225eb7e2-c470-4307-90d5-0b56a35c4543@linux.intel.com> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 04:24:15PM +0100, Dawid Osuchowski wrote: > On 2026-03-17 4:14 PM, Dawid Osuchowski wrote: > > On 2026-03-17 1:11 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > > > please let know about it. > > > > > > > Hey stable maintainers! > > > > This patch **depends heavily** on the change "ice: reintroduce retry > > mechanism for indirect AQ" which failed to apply for 5.15-stable and > > 6.1-stable trees. > > > > Until I can try to resolve the conflicts and resend, it might be > > necessary to pull this change from the 5.15-stable and 6.1-stable trees > > immediately as it will result in multiple WARN messages being printed > > into the dmesg upon issuing 'ethtool -m' on a interface under the 'ice' > > driver control. > > !!! FALSE ALARM - ABORT !!! > > I'm sorry, a bit of a chaotic day here at work... > > I was worried the lack of the "ice: reintroduce retry mechanism for indirect > AQ" patch will result in issues for users. It will not, as my colleague > Jakub Staniszewski politely informed me that the 5.15-stable and 6.1-stable > doesn't have the code from Michal Schmidt that we "reverted" using "ice: > reintroduce retry mechanism for indirect AQ". No warnings will be printed to > dmesg and everything should work correctly... > > Once again I am very sorry No worries, I'd much rather people warn us and then say "nope, we were wrong" instead of not saying anything if they think there might be a problem. So all is good here, thanks! greg k-h