Re: [stable] [PATCH v2 0/4] PCI: allocate space top-down, not bottom-up

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:30:11AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 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.

Please read the file, Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to
get stuff into the stable tree.

thanks,

greg k-h