Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdhci-esdhc: break out early if clock is 0

[Chris Ball <cjb@laptop.org>]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 27 2012, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On 28 August 2012 07:07, Chris Ball <cjb@laptop.org> wrote:
>> Thanks, pushed to mmc-next for 3.6.  (stable@ shouldn't be CC'd.)
>>
> I categorised it as a fix for a regression.

It is a fix for a regression, but the rules for submitting patches to
stable@ are significantly more strict than "is it a regression?".
>From Documentation/stable-kernel-rules.txt:

==
Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
"-stable" tree:

 ...
 - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).

Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:

 - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
   stable@vger.kernel.org.  You must note the upstream commit ID in the
   changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish
   it to be applied to.
==

It doesn't already exist in mainline -- so it shouldn't have been
e-mailed to stable@ -- and even if it were already in mainline, you
shouldn't e-mail stable@ without including the upstream commit ID
and kernel version to apply it to.  (Unless I'm missing something?)

Thanks,

- Chris.
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