Re: [Linux-stable-mirror] FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/core: Only enforce security for InfiniBand" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Don Dutile wrote:

On 12/11/2017 04:19 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:

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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.

thanks,

greg k-h

That's b/c this patch needs to be applied (tagged for stable) first:

commit 2e4c85c6edc80fa532b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f Author: Parav Pandit parav@mellanox.com Date: Thu Nov 2 15:22:27 2017 +0200

IB/core: Avoid unnecessary return value check
Since there is nothing done with non zero return value, such check is
avoided.
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>

2b2c7e1eb3597ef4d4bbb8f

That patch was not tagged for stable at all :(

What went wrong with the process here?

thanks,

greg k-h