This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
IB/rdmavt: Disable by default
to the 4.7-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ib-rdmavt-disable-by-default.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.7 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 378fc3201eae07ab0fa7fb4133da141c3072f995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:03:17 -0700
Subject: IB/rdmavt: Disable by default
From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 378fc3201eae07ab0fa7fb4133da141c3072f995 upstream.
There is a strict policy in the Linux kernel that new drivers must be
disabled by default. Hence leave out the "default m" line from Kconfig.
Fixes: 0194621b2253 ("IB/rdmavt: Create module framework and handle driver registration")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jubin John <jubin.john@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/Kconfig | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
config INFINIBAND_RDMAVT
tristate "RDMA verbs transport library"
depends on 64BIT
- default m
---help---
This is a common software verbs provider for RDMA networks.
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.7/dm-set-dmf_suspended-_before_-clearing-dmf_noflush_suspending.patch
queue-4.7/ib-core-make-rdma_rw_ctx_init-initialize-all-used-fields.patch
queue-4.7/ib-rdmavt-disable-by-default.patch
queue-4.7/ib-srpt-limit-the-number-of-sg-elements-per-work-request.patch
queue-4.7/ib-core-rdma-rw-api-do-not-exceed-qp-sge-send-limit.patch
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