On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 09:45:24AM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 07:30:55AM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the 5.2-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>. > > The reason is that 5.2 doesn't have DYNAMIC_FTRACE suport, so this can be > ignored. Then why did the patch have: Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.2+ in it? confused, greg k-h