This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled MAINTAINERS: Add Sasha as a stable branch maintainer to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: maintainers-add-sasha-as-a-stable-branch-maintainer.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From cb5d21946d2a2f4687c482ab4604af1d29dac35a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:03:24 -0800 Subject: MAINTAINERS: Add Sasha as a stable branch maintainer From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit cb5d21946d2a2f4687c482ab4604af1d29dac35a upstream. Sasha has somehow been convinced into helping me with the stable kernel maintenance. Codify this slip in good judgement before he realizes what he really signed up for :) Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- MAINTAINERS | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -11469,6 +11469,7 @@ F: arch/alpha/kernel/srm_env.c STABLE BRANCH M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> +M: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> L: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Supported F: Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/v9fs_dir_readdir-fix-double-free-on-p9stat_read-error.patch queue-4.9/brcmfmac-fix-reporting-support-for-160-mhz-channels.patch queue-4.9/can-dev-__can_get_echo_skb-replace-struct-can_frame-by-canfd_frame-to-access-frame-length.patch queue-4.9/drm-ast-change-resolution-may-cause-screen-blurred.patch queue-4.9/iwlwifi-mvm-support-sta_statistics-even-on-older-firmware.patch queue-4.9/bfs-add-sanity-check-at-bfs_fill_super.patch queue-4.9/drm-ast-fixed-cursor-may-disappear-sometimes.patch queue-4.9/alsa-oss-use-kvzalloc-for-local-buffer-allocations.patch queue-4.9/usb-core-fix-hub-port-connection-events-lost.patch queue-4.9/iwlwifi-mvm-fix-regulatory-domain-update-when-the-firmware-starts.patch queue-4.9/usb-dwc3-core-clean-up-ulpi-device.patch queue-4.9/drm-ast-remove-existing-framebuffers-before-loading-driver.patch queue-4.9/can-dev-__can_get_echo_skb-don-t-crash-the-kernel-if-can_priv-echo_skb-is-accessed-out-of-bounds.patch queue-4.9/usb-xhci-fix-timeout-for-transition-from-rexit-to-u0.patch queue-4.9/mm-don-t-warn-about-large-allocations-for-slab.patch queue-4.9/maintainers-add-sasha-as-a-stable-branch-maintainer.patch queue-4.9/can-dev-can_get_echo_skb-factor-out-non-sending-code-to-__can_get_echo_skb.patch queue-4.9/sctp-clear-the-transport-of-some-out_chunk_list-chunks-in-sctp_assoc_rm_peer.patch queue-4.9/llc-do-not-use-sk_eat_skb.patch queue-4.9/gpio-don-t-free-unallocated-ida-on-gpiochip_add_data_with_key-error-path.patch queue-4.9/tools-power-cpupower-fix-compilation-with-static-true.patch queue-4.9/gfs2-don-t-leave-s_fs_info-pointing-to-freed-memory-in-init_sbd.patch queue-4.9/selinux-add-__gfp_nowarn-to-allocation-at-str_read.patch queue-4.9/can-dev-__can_get_echo_skb-print-error-message-if-trying-to-echo-non-existing-skb.patch