From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laurent Dufour Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:29:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm: replace memmap_context by meminit_context Message-Id: <0b3f2eb1-0efa-a491-c509-d16a7e18d8e8@linux.ibm.com> List-Id: References: <20200915121541.GD4649@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20200915132624.9723-1-ldufour@linux.ibm.com> <20200916063325.GK142621@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20200916063325.GK142621@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, David Hildenbrand , Oscar Salvador , mhocko@suse.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, "Rafael J . Wysocki" , nathanl@linux.ibm.com, cheloha@linux.ibm.com, Tony Luck , Fenghua Yu , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Le 16/09/2020 à 08:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman a écrit : > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 03:26:24PM +0200, Laurent Dufour wrote: >> The memmap_context enum is used to detect whether a memory operation is due >> to a hot-add operation or happening at boot time. >> >> Make it general to the hotplug operation and rename it as meminit_context. >> >> There is no functional change introduced by this patch >> >> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand >> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour >> --- >> arch/ia64/mm/init.c | 6 +++--- >> include/linux/mm.h | 2 +- >> include/linux/mmzone.h | 11 ++++++++--- >> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 2 +- >> mm/page_alloc.c | 10 +++++----- >> 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > for how to do this properly. > > Hi Greg, I'm sorry, I read that document few days ago before sending the series and again this morning, but I can't figure out what I missed (following option 1). Should the "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" tag be on each patch of the series even if the whole series has been sent to stable ? Should the whole series sent again (v4) instead of sending a fix as a reply to ? Thanks, Laurent.