From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH net-2.6/stable] tg3: Restrict phy ioctl access Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:56:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20110216.165606.193703255.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20110216235248.GA11108@mcarlson.broadcom.com> <20110216.161025.59672084.davem@davemloft.net> <20110217003947.GA11185@mcarlson.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: greg@kroah.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org To: mcarlson@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37959 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752008Ab1BQAza (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:55:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20110217003947.GA11185@mcarlson.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Matt Carlson" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:39:47 -0800 > So the proper thing to do here is recall the patch, submit a new patch > to net-2.6 with a CC: stabel@kernel.org in the signed-off-by section. No. I have not applied your patch yet, but when I do and I also get my tree pulled next time into Linus's tree, you can ask stable to apply it. Because only at that point will it exist as a commit in Linus's tree. Before that happens you cannot ask Greg to apply it to his tree.