Re: [patch 00/58] 2.6.29.3-stable review

Greg KH
2009-05-08T05:19:06Z

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 10:03:01AM +0530, Suresh Jayaraman wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 01:23:04PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> >> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 02:50:17PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.29.3 release.
> >>> There are 58 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to
> >>> this one.
> >> Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any of
> >> the fs/cifs/connect.c security fixes from commits such as
> >> f083def68f84b04fe3f97312498911afce79609e. I was hoping this would make
> >> it into 2.6.29.3.
> >
> > No one sent them to stable@kernel.org for inclusion :(
>
> Sorry, the patches were sent to cifs mailing list for
> consensus/discussion and -stable inclusion request has not happened
> (though Steve Cced stable the summary email with his ACK). I'm sending
> the patches right away.. and hope it's not too late for 29.3

Yes, it's too late for .3, that review cycle started yesterday and will
be released tomorrow.

> I have based the patches on top of 2.6.29.2.

Thanks, we can always start a new review cycle on Friday with these if
needed.

thanks,

greg k-h