From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pg1-f201.google.com (mail-pg1-f201.google.com [209.85.215.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62D0F2DCF4C for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2026 21:25:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.215.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775078729; cv=none; b=cfMER4UqPgx5MvJt/hlZlpjfQ39xwaWgjiUbuF9OYOEGqwEeHsgZqpkkazrUaV1SfO2nxYtREDgbAQpZEyCsVPZWbKm0FgIlizdnUooMAPH7nO3UC+JbPeqYT0upb7I8wRCovkOM5xNPrmWZY18nsRuyiXfYKAh+7hg0q81NiN8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775078729; c=relaxed/simple; bh=4/mgDyjPGAtkIBXlEDxDzqlEKPAaHfdoKm73NtKeWGM=; h=Date:In-Reply-To:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:From: To:Cc:Content-Type; b=iGnAfyUzHy546IxgUr4+hghWPabWQnRBJRn67n6IUay9ycSJ/+5ntJ986c2EnEvOiSqr482zzsSrGiYHP3YWmntjiblYm+6GGC/fk/mWK/MsOeFJ/i3ptVdtDr51PWAHs05tdHa9snkgV0PjnKgIrlm/REEyk/AuFI9EWtVmpXM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--seanjc.bounces.google.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b=mtyQc9yL; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.215.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--seanjc.bounces.google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="mtyQc9yL" Received: by mail-pg1-f201.google.com with SMTP id 41be03b00d2f7-c709551ec08so266180a12.3 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:25:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20251104; t=1775078728; x=1775683528; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ztlDOl/pnqN7J3P9fUr7zQ9Z9muBSWpUGEThXybJWdU=; b=mtyQc9yLTossFh6O++SxHWX9qfeDJ7kxiGVPSwNFwtTxc/DKaA+U0pdw6zSNZE1W1+ V+LzSiRZ6FQObmNzKE0BYpmBPhaYJ4AMcJppMFkpisfCau3T1Di+UFShyM/3cHpFGNl0 UkQoSXURXxTlDodYmo5tfy2iEfSplmpfO1kGCGthDUXUOosAh9Q36AcvI1Uv8i74CIke sWRm/gO1iAClaemqSv5yfbsdBGdL9T3mIFdwE6YnFe5wOGQQbbHmJs5pDVf4OWF2734N iUWTAgMChl8nCRgFT3KJuMEaodcw4kJCEjKk7WsFP8q2egDoTuxluaTWnh7cmlHaSI7X RXUA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1775078728; x=1775683528; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ztlDOl/pnqN7J3P9fUr7zQ9Z9muBSWpUGEThXybJWdU=; b=lovw9UtZfQGG/NPlxLzf14IHyO6URQn3LLu8K9LHxjj64Gu05iobFbYu90oELZmg3/ gcTpIug4aw2VqnYAvwme+JqNp5kYihB/epvIVGjwjuNbMUPeJrBmmlFJ7LPS3EJvSK/g IVBxj6qYOjbJ1vfE8J97JO9LK70sOpFdz6OE440/jTCdD1dRkv8iucxZN2sMT+lLhiX/ DRIQwwAzvHsGPjhq3M/JGRQjIPj8JFXc8B/knk5xApMuxdoVFe6JOleqI6nE9SgFuXDc keBO6n6HVwGriTiIC8Fxxmurchva4QLmBh0sF9JfeqQ8DKbsZkYwdvIzYmQlWNEAFATX kpIQ== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCXo1+SmqJSKl+rShnSB02/rsL0p7O/8yzMoEi1DvoCLjJBlLH0DJv4aYEIeUENSHIZ57FMIo4E=@vger.kernel.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz9QAyAYdbelgjbmHU0/MKvW289VM5MFcUjCvlMDA2Q5EwMbHZ4 FKgh76sjBtk3b6r2/c8TWg8NiXKJIw1spjI1FnSFrzqcYffIG3BqvWFlESpJNy82pXlRrOpPVPe 5Sp3t6A== X-Received: from pgax38.prod.google.com ([2002:a05:6a02:2e66:b0:c73:9c9b:5823]) (user=seanjc job=prod-delivery.src-stubby-dispatcher) by 2002:a05:6a20:7f92:b0:39b:c10a:beca with SMTP id adf61e73a8af0-39ef77174c9mr5307339637.44.1775078727623; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:25:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <2026033039-occupy-slush-db02@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <2026033039-occupy-slush-db02@gregkh> Message-ID: Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree From: Sean Christopherson To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: bkov@amazon.com, fgriffo@amazon.co.uk, stable@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Mon, Mar 30, 2026, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree. ... > Fixes: a54aa15c6bda3 ("KVM: x86/mmu: Handle MMIO SPTEs directly in mmu_set_spte()") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Partially out of curiosity, partially to reduce the probability of future goofs, why did the tooling try to apply a patch to a kernel without the Fixes commit? 5.10 doesn't have a54aa15c6bda3 and so doesn't need this fix. I assumed that having an explicit Fixes would implicit scope the backport to kernels with that commit (or a backport of that commit).