Hi,

looks like the patch is broken (at least it does something different than the 
non-stable patch does).

On Monday 13 June 2016 19:36:37 Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 3.16.36-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
[...]
> --- a/net/batman-adv/send.c
> +++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c
> @@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ batadv_purge_outstanding_packets(struct
> 
>  		if (pending) {
>  			hlist_del(&forw_packet->list);
> +			if (!forw_packet->own)
> +				atomic_inc(&bat_priv->bcast_queue_left);
> +
> +			if (!forw_packet->own)
> +				atomic_inc(&bat_priv->batman_queue_left);
> +
>  			batadv_forw_packet_free(forw_packet);
>  		}
>  	}

It seems to be a problem with the way GNU patch solved the conflicts with the 
slightly different orig file (moved the hunks together when it shouldn't 
have). GregKH also had this problem [1]

Kind regards,
	Sven

[1] http://mid.gmane.org/20160507195405.GA4376@kroah.com