A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:16:47AM -0400, Joe Korty wrote: > Hi Greg, > This patch is not yet in 4.4. What patch is that? I can't find a git commit id here at all :( > It is in 4.9 and upstream. No one has submitted it to you before this > email. I only discovered the need for it because lockdep complains > when it is missing. I do not know how it was missed; perhaps there is > a reason rather than it being missed by accident. Others in the know > can comment if they like. You need to say what you want to have happen for a stable patch, you did read Documenation/stable_kernel_rules.txt, right? still confused, greg k-h