From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756724Ab0D1TPM (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:15:12 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:56631 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754263Ab0D1TPJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:15:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:15:02 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Andrew Morton Cc: Prarit Bhargava , drjones@redhat.com, suresh.b.siddha@intel.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, clalance@redhat.com, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] Fix NULL pointer for Xen guests Message-ID: <20100428191502.GA29921@kroah.com> References: <20100427152434.16193.49104.sendpatchset@prarit.bos.redhat.com> <20100428112658.4cf11292.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4BD87E72.4050609@redhat.com> <20100428115039.c276594a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100428115039.c276594a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:50:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > I worry that if the -stable maintainer see me drop a patch, but the > patch in Linus's tree doesn't have the stable tag, they might not merge > the fix into -stable. I bugged them about this scenario recently and > the reply was a bit waffly ;) It was? I try my best, that if I see you drop a patch, to go dig through Linus's tree to find if it landed there. If not, I leave it in my queue, and do that for a few releases. If after a long time (like 6 months) I either ping someone, or just drop it from my queue as I guessed that someone dropped it for some reason. If I miss one of these, please let me know. > By far the safest thing to do is to include the stable tag in your > changelog right at the outset. Yes, that's the _easiest_ and will not get lost. thanks, greg k-h