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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dm ioctl: fix alignment of event number
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 05:13:52PM -0400, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-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@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Hi
> 
> This patch fixes a feature introduced in the kernel 4.13, so it doesn't 
> need to be applied to older kernels.

{sigh}, the patch even says that.  Sorry for the noise...

greg k-h