From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, neilb@suse.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org, tiwai@suse.de,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] autofs: use dentry flags to block walks during expire" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:05:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160927070559.GA4448@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1474959270.32271.5.camel@themaw.net>
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:54:30PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 09:56 +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vgegr.kernel.org>.
>
> There is another bug fix from Al Viro upon which this path depends which has not
> been included in the stable tree.
>
> I recommend that I backport both patches.
> Is that acceptable?
Sure, or just give me the git commit id of the patch and I will queue it
up as well before I apply this one.
> Should I include a cover description for the two patches explaining the need for
> the additional patch or just post the two patches to <stable@vgegr.kernel.org>?
Well, the correct address would be the good thing to use :)
Other than that, either way is fine.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-27 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-26 7:56 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] autofs: use dentry flags to block walks during expire" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree gregkh
2016-09-27 6:54 ` Ian Kent
2016-09-27 7:05 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-09-27 7:32 ` Ian Kent
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