On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:54:30PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 09:56 +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-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 <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. > > There is another bug fix from Al Viro upon which this path depends which has not > been included in the stable tree. > > I recommend that I backport both patches. > Is that acceptable? Sure, or just give me the git commit id of the patch and I will queue it up as well before I apply this one. > Should I include a cover description for the two patches explaining the need for > the additional patch or just post the two patches to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>? Well, the correct address would be the good thing to use :) Other than that, either way is fine. thanks, 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