Hi Greg, On 18/07/17 21:06, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 07:31:35PM +0100, Eddie Chapman wrote: >> As per previous mail, below are the 4 patches discussed, generated with >> diff -up, from kernel.org 4.4.77, so with correct context for 4.4. Just >> in case they are useful for anyone. > > <formletter> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > for how to do this properly. > > </formletter> I know, I certainly did not want to submit these patches for inclusion in the stable kernel yet! As I said, I only sent them to Tang and others in case they were useful. I'm just trying to help with testing. > Note, I can't do anything with patches until they are in Linus's tree. > Please work to get them accepted there, then we can worry about > backporting them to older kernels if they are needed. Hold your fire! :-) I know, I said exactly the same myself earlier in this thread, that they must be in Linus' tree first. Sorry if I gave the wrong idea. Maybe I should have removed stable@ from CC? But I thought that would not be good in case someone found the thread in future and wanted to know. Eddie > > thanks, > > greg k-h