RE: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

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> From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2021 8:58 AM
> To: Marciniszyn, Mike <mike.marciniszyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Dalessandro, Dennis <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> ivansprundel@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jgg@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in
> struct" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree
> 
> 
> 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
> 

This patch requires a backport of upstream commit:

829ca44ecf60 ("IB/qib: Use struct_size() helper")

That commit needs to me modified to include linux/overflow.h.

The overflow patch then picks clean after that modified patch is present.

How do you want to see that expressed in patches?

Mike




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