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 10:50:31PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 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 :(

It doesn't look like something that should go to -stable to me..

I think we will need to make you a proper 4.14 backport for the 'Only
enforce security for InfiniBand' patch.

Jason



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