On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Don Dutile wrote: > On 12/11/2017 04:19 PM, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > That's b/c this patch needs to be applied (tagged for stable) first: > > commit 2e4c85c6edc80fa532b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f > Author: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu Nov 2 15:22:27 2017 +0200 > > IB/core: Avoid unnecessary return value check > Since there is nothing done with non zero return value, such check is > avoided. > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> > 2b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f That patch was not tagged for stable at all :( What went wrong with the process here? thanks, greg k-h