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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm, vmscan: Do not wait for page
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:24:10PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2015, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.1-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> ------------ commit in Linus's tree adjusted to 4.1.5 -------------

Thanks for this.  Should it also be backported to older kernels as well?

thanks,

greg k-h