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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:30:11 -0600
From: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH v2 0/4] PCI: allocate space top-down, not
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:40:20PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:41:39PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > Added cc: stable@kernel.org
> > See:
> >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189182/
> >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189232/
> >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189242/
> >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189252/
> 
> Um, why would -stable want them if they aren't in Linus's tree yet?
> Please, when they are in his tree, _AND_ have gotten a lot of testing,
> then email the git commit ids of what you want added to the stable tree
> to stable@kernel.org.
> 
> Doing it beforehand like this is a sure way to cause me a lot of work
> and the patches to be lost.

Oops, sorry, I'm inexperienced in the ways of -stable.  Akpm reminded me tocc:
stable, and I thought he meant now, but he probably meant later.  I'll put it
on my list for later.

Bjorn