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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: mark-pk.tsai@mediatek.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug()" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:49:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YMcYMZFDV1VIDlMf@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210613212607.5d1de4f8@rorschach.local.home>

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 09:26:07PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:03:15 +0200
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-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>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
> > 
> 
> The function probe_kernel_read() was renamed to
> copy_from_kernel_nofault() somewhere between 5.4 and 5.10, and since
> this patch uses copy_from_kernel_nofault(), it doesn't exist in those
> earlier kernels. Here's a new version using the older name (and this
> should work for 4.4 through 5.10)

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2021-06-14  8:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-13 12:03 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug()" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree gregkh
2021-06-14  1:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2021-06-14  8:49   ` Greg KH [this message]

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