RE: [stable] [PATCH 04/06] mptfusion: mptctl_release is required in mptctl.c

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:50 PM
> To: Desai, Kashyap
> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Prakash, Sathya; Moore, Eric; stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 04/06] mptfusion: mptctl_release is
> required in mptctl.c
> 
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 03:33:00PM +0530, Kashyap, Desai wrote:
> >
> > Added missing release callback for file_operations mptctl_fops.
> > Without release callback there will be never freed. It remains on
> > mptctl's eent list even after the file is closed and released.
> >
> > Relavent RHEL bugzilla is 660871
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> <snip>
> 
> This is NOT the way to get patches into a stable kernel release.
> Please
> read the file, Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do it
> properly.


Greg, Thanks for the redirecting to correct process. I understood that I have to add "CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx " in header of the patch itself instead of 
CCing stable@xxxxxxxxxx from email client.
Do I need to resend those patches?

~ Kashyap

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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