Re: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/1/531

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 08:16:25PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Am 22.05.2013 18:23, schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 06:16:11PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote:
> >> Am 22.05.2013 15:57, schrieb Greg KH:
> >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 01:36:09PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> why is this patch still not backported to 3.4?
> >>>>
> >>>> I today tried 3.4.46 from kernel.org, but the patch STILL seems _NOT_ included?
> >>>>
> >>>> WHY IS THAT?
> >>>
> >>> <formletter>
> >>>
> >>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> >>> stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> >>> for how to do this properly.
> >>>
> >>> </formletter>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't want to submit a patch - i wanted to know why this patch still is not in
> >> the kernel (it is afaics at least 6 months old!)
> > 
> > Perhaps because it was not submitted properly as documented above?
> > 
> 
> Well, i don't know. I have not written that patch, but tested and applied it
> against 3.4.36 where it worked fine.
> 
> But i am unable to apply it to 3.4.46 (there are rejects if i try to apply it,
> obviously because there were changes in the meanwhile) - It would be cool if
> someone could tell if that patch is really needed anymore with 3.4.46.
> 
> I am no C coder and only have little C experience, but i'd like to use this
> patch with current 3.4 stable Kernel or at least make sure that this patch is
> not needed anymore with current stable kernels...

Why do you think that it is needed?  And does it match up to a specific
change that is already in Linus's tree?  That is a requirement here.

thanks,

greg k-h