From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:55173 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750840AbcI0HF4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2016 03:05:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:05:59 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ian Kent 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 Message-ID: <20160927070559.GA4448@kroah.com> References: <1474876607177204@kroah.com> <1474959270.32271.5.camel@themaw.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1474959270.32271.5.camel@themaw.net> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 . > > 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 ? Well, the correct address would be the good thing to use :) Other than that, either way is fine. thanks, greg k-h