Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/core: Only enforce security for InfiniBand" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

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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



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