On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 02:53:58PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > 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. No, I almost always want the same exact patches that are in Linus's tree. Otherwise the patch you make will be wrong 90% of the time. thanks, greg k-h