linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] tpm: fix an invalid condition in tpm_common

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Message-ID: <20190502072205.GF14532@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 May 2019 10:22:05 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jonas Witschel <diabonas@....de>
Cc:     Thibaut Sautereau <thibaut.sautereau@...p-os.org>,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>, grawity@...il.com,
        James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tpm: fix an invalid condition in tpm_common_poll

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:54:47PM +0200, Jonas Witschel wrote:
> On 2019-04-09 15:44, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 02:01:38PM +0200, Thibaut Sautereau wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> What's the status of this patch now? It's needed in linux-5.0.y as TPM
> >> 2.0 support is currently broken with those stable kernels without this
> >> commit.
> > 
> > part of a PR.
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20190329115544.GA27351@linux.intel.com/
> 
> It appears that the final version of the patch that was merged to
> Linus's tree [1] does not include the "Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org" tag.
> If I understand correctly, this means that the patch will not be
> automatically included in the -stable tree without further action. Is
> there a specific reason not to apply this patch to 5.0.x, or did the tag

It is my mistake. What I can do is to post it manually to stable.
I promise to do it as soon as it reaches the mainline.

/Jarkko