Thanks Chris, I have queued up this and the following 2 patches for v4.9 (nothing more for you to do unless something goes wrong in which case I'll let you know). For future submissions please consider: 1. Supplying a cover letter (git format-patch has a --cover-letter option) for patch-sets comprising more than one patch. This allows you to describe an overview of what the series as a whole achieves. And is also convenient for maintainers to reply to when accepting your patches. 2. Starting a new thread for each new version of a patch/patch-set. Different maintainers have different preferences. The above are mine.