Re: [PATCH 0/8] Backported fixes for 4.4 stable tree

Greg KH
2019-08-01T16:57:10Z

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:06:27PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:38:23PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote:
> > These patches include few backported fixes for the 4.4 stable
> > tree.
> > I would appreciate if you could kindly consider including them in the
> > next release.
>
> Why are these needed? From what I remember, the last patch here is only
> needed for machines that are "HUGE" and for those, you shouldn't be
> using 4.4.y anymore anyway, right? You just end up saving so much more
> speed and energy using a newer kernel, why would you want to waste it
> using an older one?
>
> So I need a really good reason why to accept these :)

It's been a week, so I'm dropping this from my queue now. Please resend
with this information if you still want these in the tree.

thanks,

greg k-h