FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fs: dlm: start midcomms before scand" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-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 <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.14.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x aad633dc0cf90093998b1ae0ba9f19b5f1dab644
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '[email protected]' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.14.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

aad633dc0cf9 ("fs: dlm: start midcomms before scand") 3e54c9e80e68 ("fs: dlm: fix log of lowcomms vs midcomms")

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From aad633dc0cf90093998b1ae0ba9f19b5f1dab644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Aring <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:10:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fs: dlm: start midcomms before scand

The scand kthread can send dlm messages out, especially dlm remove messages to free memory for unused rsb on other nodes. To send out dlm messages, midcomms must be initialized. This patch moves the midcomms start before scand is started.

index d0b4e2181a5f..99bc96f90779 100644
@@ -381,23 +381,23 @@ static int threads_start(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = dlm_scand_start();
+	/* Thread for sending/receiving messages for all lockspace's */
+	error = dlm_midcomms_start();
 	if (error) {
-		log_print("cannot start dlm_scand thread %d", error);
+		log_print("cannot start dlm midcomms %d", error);
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	/* Thread for sending/receiving messages for all lockspace's */
-	error = dlm_midcomms_start();
+	error = dlm_scand_start();
 	if (error) {
-		log_print("cannot start dlm midcomms %d", error);
-		goto scand_fail;
+		log_print("cannot start dlm_scand thread %d", error);
+		goto midcomms_fail;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
- scand_fail:
-	dlm_scand_stop();
+ midcomms_fail:
+	dlm_midcomms_stop();
  fail:
 	return error;
 }