From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail333.us4.mandrillapp.com ([205.201.137.77]:37736 "EHLO mail333.us4.mandrillapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752826AbcB2Wbu (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:31:50 -0500 Received: from pmta03.dal05.mailchimp.com (127.0.0.1) by mail333.us4.mandrillapp.com id hqj3dc174non for ; Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:31:49 +0000 (envelope-from ) From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [commit cbf76b702] bcache: Really show state of work pending bit To: Eric Wheeler Cc: Message-Id: <20160229223148.GA4254@kroah.com> References: <20160227061708.GA7535@kroah.com> <20160229212907.GA437@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:31:49 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:06:05PM +0000, Eric Wheeler wrote: > On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 08:06:58PM +0000, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 05:34:19PM -0800, Eric Wheeler wrote: > > > > > To whom it may concern: > > > > > > > > > > Please flag commit cbf76b702 for inclusion into stable branches. It > > > > > applies cleanly in 4.1 (and likely 3.18). We have been testing it for a > > > > > while. > > > > > > > > > > git diff --stat cbf76b702~1..cbf76b702 > > > > > drivers/md/bcache/closure.c | 4 +--- > > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > $ git show cbf76b702 > > > > fatal: ambiguous argument 'cbf76b702': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. > > > > > > > > You are going to have to be a bit more specific... > > > > > > This one: > > > > > > > > > commit cbf76b702e85802683c166ad9067874bc3e1e843 > > > Author: Petr Mladek > > > Date: Mon Oct 5 14:39:52 2015 +0200 > > > > There is no such commit in Linus's tree. > > Hmm, not sure where that commit hash came from then. Here it is properly: > 8d090f47315507c3064ca4eefa9a1da52390b52e > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d090f47315507c3064ca4eefa9a1da52390b52e That's better. But this is just a debugging patch, for a debugfs file, how does it follow the rules outlined in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for what is acceptable for a stable kernel release? greg k-h