linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/3] dmaengine: idxd: Error path fixes

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Message-ID: <IA1PR11MB60975EBC4B91546429A08F699B179@IA1PR11MB6097.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Dec 2022 21:32:32 +0000
From:   "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     "Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        "Jiang, Dave" <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "vkoul@...nel.org" <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        "dmaengine@...r.kernel.org" <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/3] dmaengine: idxd: Error path fixes

Hi, Reinette,

> It is not clear to me if these are appropriate for stable so I am not including the
> stable team. Please let me know if you think otherwise and I can add the
> necessary Cc. With the refactoring through the history of the driver I was not
> able to identify a Fixes: candidate for all. Patch #3 does look to be a potentially
> complicated backport.

It would be better to add Cc: stable because they cause series issues.

In patch 3, you may add Fixes: 403a2e236538. This is in 5.16. 5.17 and later support
SVA. We don't need to backport to too early versions.

Thanks.

-Fenghua