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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Protopopov, Boris" <pboris@amazon.com>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9-5.8] Convert trailing spaces and periods in path components
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:43:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201019174325.GD3327376@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B1901644-CAEB-45B7-87F8-A05C70423914@amazon.com>

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 02:17:35PM +0000, Protopopov, Boris wrote:
> I could not find the patch in Linus's tree at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c#n491 or in the commit list. The patch is in linux-next, commit https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7698a46ed868f03afe1871d7cb63061db6a62b71

Have you read the rules for stable patches:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

Please do so, you seem to be missing the "MUST BE IN LINUS'S TREE"
requirement...

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-19 17:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-17 15:28 [PATCH 4.9-5.8] Convert trailing spaces and periods in path components Boris Protopopov
2020-10-18  5:55 ` Greg KH
2020-10-19 14:17   ` Protopopov, Boris
2020-10-19 17:43     ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-10-19 18:10       ` Protopopov, Boris
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-10-16 19:22 Boris Protopopov
2020-10-17  6:20 ` Greg KH

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