From: Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 07:52:26 -0800 > I don't think this patch needs to be backported. I haven't hit this panic on > v4.14.x (although, I only have been using v4.14.79 for now - not yet the > latest one). And the commits that seem to have introduced the issue haven't > been backported either AFAICS. That being said, I don't think a backport > would cause any side-effects. > > Or have you seen reports of this panic in the stable branches? > > (same for the other stable branches v4.4,... - cfr., the other mails > regarding this patch here) I was being ultra paranoid when I decided to submit this to 4.14 too, and as Eric says it does not harm.
