From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0709BC433EF for ; Thu, 26 May 2022 12:13:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235414AbiEZMNE (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2022 08:13:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46890 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230487AbiEZMND (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2022 08:13:03 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 425CEB0A5E for ; Thu, 26 May 2022 05:13:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0398CB82058 for ; Thu, 26 May 2022 12:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5E245C385A9; Thu, 26 May 2022 12:12:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1653567179; bh=ydqPOih56mPyBRP/uHqvs5hKcOR8Eg10Oajsk3uM3iI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=eZyJM6ZpPujNW8NZt5mG5DQ5fyaJ1JBemwmBZJ4d2OEKD3fd/L97EfPQZT5evC1Oa x5n2ROWEdiO40oqfjTUZpwx8VreVNsFAxNHBHeX52hbSrjcZ2PCCjr0v+zgS+4eeeT dgcCf3g7k0z17eD323UQtriVPSVF3BKQTfEvUfYY= Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:12:56 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Vegard Nossum Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Sean Christopherson , Paolo Bonzini , Yongkang Jia Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: fix NULL pointer dereference on guest INVPCID Message-ID: References: <165314153515625@kroah.com> <20220524151118.4828-1-vegard.nossum@oracle.com> <46577540-6ed7-0ff5-11d5-2982cd29e92b@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46577540-6ed7-0ff5-11d5-2982cd29e92b@oracle.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 07:48:51PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote: > > On 5/24/22 17:35, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 05:27:56PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote: > >> > >> On 5/24/22 17:22, Greg KH wrote: > >>> What kernel tree(s) are you wanting this to be applied to? > >> > >> I replied to the v5.17 email > >> (https://lore.kernel.org/stable/165314153515625@kroah.com/T/#u) and I've > >> only tested this on top of 5.17.9. > >> > >> Is that generally enough to trigger attempts to automatically > >> cherry-pick it onto the older branches or should I test and submit for > >> the older ones as well? > > > > You should test and submit for the older ones as well please. > > Thanks, will do shortly. > > >> How would you prefer to indicate the kernel tree(s) in the future? > > > > Just say so in the [PATCH 5.17.y] subject line, or in the signed-off-by > > area or below the --- line. > > > > Responding to the email and relying on the thread alone doesn't usually > > work as the original message is long gone from my mailboxes, I can't > > keep that old stuff cluttering up the place :) > > If you want to make it easier for people to respond to these emails you > could change the FAILED: message to list specific git commands needed to > fix and submit. For this one in particular, you could for example make > it say: > > git fetch > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ > linux-5.17.y > git checkout FETCH_HEAD > git cherry-pick -x 9f46c187e2e680ecd9de7983e4d081c3391acc76 > # > git send-email --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.17.y' --to > 'stable@vger.kernel.org' HEAD^.. > > Just an idea... That's a nice idea, I'll consider adding it to my scripts. > (And argh, just sent out for 5.15 and I put "PATCH 5.15" instead of > "PATCH 5.15.y" -- does that matter?) No, not at all, all is good and now queued up, thanks. greg k-h