On Tue, 2016-09-27 at 09:05 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > 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. There were some other changes to log prints as well, so they both need to be back ported. > > > 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 :) LOL, oh, didn't notice that ... > > Other than that, either way is fine. OK, I presume including the Linux tree commit id in each patch description is sufficient, unless there's some specific format you need? > > 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