Re: [PATCH 0/3] make efivarfs files immutable by default (for stable)

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:49:12PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb, at 04:41:59PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 04:31:43PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > > Stable folks,
> > > 
> > > This is a backport of the efivarfs anti-bricking changes [1] for
> > > stable. Some fixing up was required because the series doesn't
> > > include the ucs2 cleanups that are in Linus' tree since they're not
> > > really stable material.
> > 
> > What stable tree(s) do you want these applied to?
>  
> Probably as far as back v3.10, if possible. That was when efivarfs
> support was merged and had we known about this issue then, we would
> have had this immutable feature from day one.
> 
> > And if at all possible, I'd really prefer to take the original patches,
> > additional things and all, for stable kernels, as 95%[1] of the time
> > that we take "different" ones, there are bugs.
>  
> OK, gotcha.
> 
> > It also makes things easier for us to take additional changes later on
> > for other commits in the same area.  So can we just take the originals
> > please?
>  
> Sure, if that's what you'd prefer that's no problem. Would you like me
> to send a v2 series containing all the patches?

Yes, that would be great, or just a list of git commit ids if they all
apply just fine without any changes needed.

thanks,

greg k-h