> 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
