From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:48311 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946436AbbGaU3l (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:29:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:03:33 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Joe Perches Cc: mikulas@twibright.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, stable-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch "hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree Message-ID: <20150731200333.GA15198@kroah.com> References: <1438371469111133@kroah.com> <1438371755.19675.136.camel@perches.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1438371755.19675.136.camel@perches.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:42:35PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 12:37 -0700, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > hpfs: hpfs_error: Remove static buffer, use vsprintf extension %pV instead > > > > to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary > > While I know this patch reduces some code and text, > it's not correcting any defect in the code, it's > only a minor optimization. > > Is it really appropriate for stable? I agree, why was it marked that way? I assumed it was due to the patch after it needed it, but maybe not. Any objection to me just dropping it? thanks, greg k-h