On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 03:15:59PM +0000, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > 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 4.19-stable tree
> >
> >
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-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
>
> Greg,
>
> The only thing required for 4.19 for this patch is that:
>
> 829ca44ecf60 ("IB/qib: Use struct_size() helper")
>
> Is there first as a prereq.
>
> How do you want to see that in the signature block meta language?
The documentation in:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
describes how to do this properly.
I've queued both of these up now for 4.19.y.
thanks,
greg k-h
