On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 09:32:32AM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:20 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 02:47:22PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> > > Hi stable maintainers,
> > >
> > > It seems that Linux kernel 4.19 and below miss the patch - "fbmem: add
> > > margin check to fb_check_caps()" [1]. Linux kernel 5.4 and up is
> > > already merged this patch[2].
> > >
> > > Are there any special issues about this patch? Why do maintainers miss
> > > such a patch?
> >
> > Because it does not apply to those older kernels. If you feel it should
> > be included there, can you please provide a working backport of the
> > patch so that we can apply it?
>
> Sure, I will do that. Which mailing list or maintainers should I send to?
Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
