On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 01:26:02PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 06:21:24PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 11:34:43AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 05:11:04PM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 6.0-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>. > > > > > > > > Possible dependencies: > > > > > > > > 41fd1cb61514 ("media: mceusb: Use new usb_control_msg_*() routines") > > > > > > Greg: > > > > > > I can submit a patch for the -stable trees that fixes the problem > > > reported by syzbot without converting the mceusb driver to use the new > > > usb_control_msg_*() routines. Would that be okay? Or do you prefer > > > simply not to include this patch (which merely fixes a warning) in the > > > stable kernels? > > > > If it's just a warning, no need to really worry about it. But note that > > the usb_control_msg_*() functions are in 5.10.y and newer kernels, so > > maybe just do this using the real functions for 5.15 and 6.0? > > Now I'm getting puzzled. I just took a look at > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c?h=linux-5.10.y > > and the same with "5.15" or "6.0" in place of "5.10", and in all three > of them this patch has already been applied! They are commits > 587f793c64d9, 75913c562f5b, and 608e58a0f461 respectively. > > So it looks like there really is no problem except that for some reason > your scripts are trying to apply patches to -stable trees which already > contain them. Ah, this one I had to apply before it hit linux-next due to issues with Mauro's delay at the time. Sorry about that, all is good. greg k-h