Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] io_uring: allow unbreakable links" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

On 12/15/19 4:02 AM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-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.

Might just be better to drop this from the 5.4 pile, unless Pavel is motivated to backport it. Even if it throws a lot of rejects, most of the hunks are trivial. Only one that requires a bit of thinking is the one that deals with link issue.