On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 01:06:23PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-03-30 at 20:57 +0100, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
>
> [...]
>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.11+
> > Fixes: 749494b6bdbb ("usb: gadget: f_hid: fix: Move IN request
> > allocation to set_alt()")
>
> The cc: stable specifies 4.11+ because the commit it fixes went in in
> the 4.11 merge window. Is there something incorrect with the tagging
> that makes you think it should apply to 4.9?
Commit 749494b6bdbb originally showed up in 4.11, but it was then
backported to 4.10.2 and 4.9.90. That is why I tried to apply it to
4.9.y and when it did not work, sent out the rejection notice.
thanks,
greg k-h
