From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Version restrictions for stable patch "drm/vmwgfx: Fix black screen and device errors when running without fbdev"
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:43:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180325184355.GA6682@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4def8428-7b00-b800-2a97-70a7024a57d3@vmware.com>
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 03:49:46PM +0200, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> commit 140bcaa23a1c37b694910424075a15e009120dbe upstream.
>
> Unfortunately, I forgot to add a stable version tag for this commit.
>
> The commit is functionally suitable for versions 4.12 and above.
>
> While it *may* apply on earlier versions, that's not intended and will most likely cause dereferences of NULL function pointers.
Only queued up for 4.14.y and 4.15.y now, thanks.
greg k-h
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2018-03-25 13:49 Version restrictions for stable patch "drm/vmwgfx: Fix black screen and device errors when running without fbdev" Thomas Hellstrom
2018-03-25 18:43 ` Greg KH [this message]
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