From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from longford.logfs.org ([213.229.74.203]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VCFCA-0004ji-UI for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:39:59 +0000 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:06:05 -0400 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Brian Norris Subject: Re: [PATCH] alauda: do not use stack for URB transfer_buffers Message-ID: <20130821190604.GA14552@logfs.org> References: <20130806120329.8864.36301.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> <20130821073028.GB31788@brian-ubuntu> <87li3v79uo.fsf@nemi.mork.no> <20130821084154.GE31788@brian-ubuntu> <52148F7B.7090409@iki.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Cc: Jussi Kivilinna , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" , David Woodhouse , =?utf-8?B?QmrDuHJu?= Mork List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 21 August 2013 13:00:15 -0700, Brian Norris wrote: > > Yes, that's a good point. Quoting Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt: > > "It must be obviously correct and tested." > > Seeing as it was not tested, I am dropping the patch entirely (it is > not stable material, and there is no point including it along with the > driver removal). Thank you! Without quoting rules, this also fails the common sense test. For a stable patch, one might assume a non-empty group of people that would benefit from said patch and care enough to install the patch. Jörn -- I have always found the word "Europe" in the mouth of those politicians that were demanding something from other powers they did not dare demand in their own name. -- Otto von Bismarck