From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:41016 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751347AbbHOP51 (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:57:27 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:57:25 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Rusty Russell Cc: hekuang@huawei.com, peterz@infradead.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] module: weaken locking assertion for oops path." failed to apply to 4.1-stable tree Message-ID: <20150815155725.GA25186@kroah.com> References: <1439514956185245@kroah.com> <87oai9qlct.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87oai9qlct.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 01:00:42PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > gregkh@linuxfoundation.org writes: > > 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 . > > Hi Greg, > > That's OK. But a question: this was implied by the Fixes: tag; > is there a better way to say "you need this IFF you have that"? You did it correctly, it was just odd to see something marked for stable for a fixes tag of something that showed up in 4.2-rc1, so I thought it was prudent to let you know this didn't apply. thanks, greg k-h