Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #1

[greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50:40AM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On 08/19/2013 08:27 PM, greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:08:49AM +0000, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> I'd posted these patches for stable backport. Do I need to do anything more to get them included.
> >>
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841153/  [1/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #1<https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841153/>]
> >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841158/  [2/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #2<https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841158/>
> > 
> > I ignored them as I thought you were submitting them for upstream
> > inclusion.  If they are already in Linus's tree, then take a look at the
> > file, Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to send a patch for
> > inclusion into a stable release (hint, I need to know the git commit id
> > that the patch has in Linus's tree, which I didn't see anywhere here.)
> 
> 
> I'm sure I mentioned the commit-id in the patch. Hint, please look at annotation
> within --->8--- blocks in changelogs.

You're right, I missed that, sorry.

> The caveat however is we can't apply those exact commits as it is as that warrants
> more changes to be pulled in. However I'm going by the last stable kernel rule "It
> or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream)."
> 
> Anyhow, since both these patches are extracted from same commit, I'll respin a
> single patch (with a small addition - again part of the same commit) and send it
> over. OK !

That would be great, thanks.

greg k-h