Re: [PATCH 0/3] make efivarfs files immutable by default (for stable)

[Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>]

On Thu, 25 Feb, at 04:41:59PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:31:43PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Stable folks,
> > 
> > This is a backport of the efivarfs anti-bricking changes [1] for
> > stable. Some fixing up was required because the series doesn't
> > include the ucs2 cleanups that are in Linus' tree since they're not
> > really stable material.
> 
> What stable tree(s) do you want these applied to?
 
Probably as far as back v3.10, if possible. That was when efivarfs
support was merged and had we known about this issue then, we would
have had this immutable feature from day one.

> And if at all possible, I'd really prefer to take the original patches,
> additional things and all, for stable kernels, as 95%[1] of the time
> that we take "different" ones, there are bugs.
 
OK, gotcha.

> It also makes things easier for us to take additional changes later on
> for other commits in the same area.  So can we just take the originals
> please?
 
Sure, if that's what you'd prefer that's no problem. Would you like me
to send a v2 series containing all the patches?

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> [1] Totally made up number, I think the true number is 100%, but maybe
>     one or two patches have actually worked over the years.  Most
>     relevant example of this is some crypto patches that were "made
>     simpler for stable" last week but were completely broken.