On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:06:05PM +0000, Eric Wheeler wrote: > On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 08:06:58PM +0000, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 05:34:19PM -0800, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > > > > To whom it may concern: > > > > > > > > > > Please flag commit cbf76b702 for inclusion into stable branches. It > > > > > applies cleanly in 4.1 (and likely 3.18). We have been testing it for a > > > > > while. > > > > > > > > > > git diff --stat cbf76b702~1..cbf76b702 > > > > > drivers/md/bcache/closure.c | 4 +--- > > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > $ git show cbf76b702 > > > > fatal: ambiguous argument 'cbf76b702': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. > > > > > > > > You are going to have to be a bit more specific... > > > > > > This one: > > > > > > > > > commit cbf76b702e85802683c166ad9067874bc3e1e843 > > > Author: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Mon Oct 5 14:39:52 2015 +0200 > > > > There is no such commit in Linus's tree. > > Hmm, not sure where that commit hash came from then. Here it is properly: > 8d090f47315507c3064ca4eefa9a1da52390b52e > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d090f47315507c3064ca4eefa9a1da52390b52e That's better. But this is just a debugging patch, for a debugfs file, how does it follow the rules outlined in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for what is acceptable for a stable kernel release? greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html