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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] arm64: kernel: fix architected PMU
 registers unconditional" failed to apply to 4.1-stable tree
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On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 12:34:13PM +0000, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 11:17:31AM -0800, 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>.
> 
> I will also backport a dependendency and send them to stable as a
> series.

Thanks.

> What's the standard mechanism for tagging backports (ie how do
> you prefer me stating which stable kernel version the series
> should be applied to - eg v4.1.17 ?) Usual Cc: tag or a line in
> the commit log would do ?

Either is fine, I can handle it either way.

thanks,

greg k-h