4.15 doesn't contain 1901b91f9982 ("IB/core: Fix potential NULL pointer
dereference in pkey cache") and thus doesn't need the fix.

5.4 and 5.8 require the fix because they contain 1901b91f9982 and the
fix will only be included in 5.9.

** Also affects: linux-azure (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: linux-azure (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marcelo Cerri (mhcerri)

** Changed in: linux-azure (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: linux-azure (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marcelo Cerri (mhcerri)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Marcelo Cerri (mhcerri)

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Title:
  Mellanox patch for fixing failures in ConnectX3 Pro/DPDK

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-azure package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in linux source package in Focal:
  Incomplete
Status in linux-azure source package in Focal:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Mellanox has made a patch to fix DPDK failure in Azure with ConnextX3
  pro:

  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-
  
next.git/commit/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4?h=next-20200908&id=ec78b3bd66bc9a015505df0ef0eb153d9e64b03b

  Older kernels don't need this patch. It only affects newer kernels
  with the following patch:

  commit 9012a6de6b43146c934752a60d358c31dbad4368
  Author: Kamal Heib <kh...@redhat.com>
  Date:   Tue May 19 13:12:17 2020 -0400
  [infiniband] IB/core: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in pkey cache

  If a kernel ships with this patch, it needs the 1st patch.

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