Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xen: Fix x86 sched_clock() interface for xen" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

On 1/21/19 4:58 AM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:

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@vger.kernel.org.

I am actually not convinced this fix is needed for 4.14 (or earlier). I couldn't reproduce this bug.

I think we also need Pasha Tatashin's time series (38669ba205d1 and friends) for the problem to show up.

-boris