Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/mm/init: Handle the special case of device private pages" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>]

On 5/28/25 08:59, Balbir Singh wrote:
> On 5/28/25 02:55, 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>.
>>
>> 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-5.15.y
>> git checkout FETCH_HEAD
>> git cherry-pick -x 7170130e4c72ce0caa0cb42a1627c635cc262821
>> # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
>> git commit -s
>> git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025052750-fondness-revocable-a23b@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..
>>
>> Possible dependencies:
>>
>>
> 
> We only need it if 7ffb791423c7 gets backported. I can take a look and see if we need the patch and why the application of the patch failed
> 
> Balbir
> 

Hi, Greg

FYI: I was able to cherry pick 7170130e4c72ce0caa0cb42a1627c635cc262821 on top of
5.15.y (5.15.184) on my machine

I ran the steps below

>> git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
>> git checkout FETCH_HEAD
>> git cherry-pick -x 7170130e4c72ce0caa0cb42a1627c635cc262821

I saw no conflicts. Am I missing something?

Balbir