14 Dec
2018
14 Dec
'18
7:05 p.m.
From: Christoph Paasch cpaasch@apple.com Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 07:52:26 -0800
I don't think this patch needs to be backported. I haven't hit this panic on v4.14.x (although, I only have been using v4.14.79 for now - not yet the latest one). And the commits that seem to have introduced the issue haven't been backported either AFAICS. That being said, I don't think a backport would cause any side-effects.
Or have you seen reports of this panic in the stable branches?
(same for the other stable branches v4.4,... - cfr., the other mails regarding this patch here)
I was being ultra paranoid when I decided to submit this to 4.14 too, and as Eric says it does not harm.