On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 08:43:28AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 20. September 2017, 19:31:33 CEST schrieb Greg KH: > > Hi Herbert, > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 03:47:46PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 20. September 2017, 10:32:09 CEST schrieb Herbert Xu: > > > > > > Hi Herbert, > > > > > > > Hmm, this patch does not apply against the current tree. Is this > > > > a stable-only patch? > > > > > > This would be a stable-only patch. With the overhauling of the AF_ALG > > > memory handling, this is a no-issue any more. > > > > If you want this as a stable-only patch, you need to resend it and > > justify it a bunch as to why it isn't in Linus's tree as well. > > Would you push it or shall I send it? Please resend it with details as to why this isn't needed on the mainline kernel, i.e., due to the new code-base which has addressed the bug in a different way but is too invasive for stable. Thanks, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt