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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:02:20 +0100
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: Patch "efi/cper: Add a new helper function to print bitmasks"
 has been added to the 6.18-stable tree
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Hi Ard,

Em Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:10:36 +0100
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> escreveu:

> Why are these patches being backported?

Those two patches are requirements for this fix:

    96b010536ee0 ("efi/cper: align ARM CPER type with UEFI 2.9A/2.10 specs")

as it uses the helper code added on them.

Thanks,
Mauro