From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:59974 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933160AbeGDLb5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2018 07:31:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 13:31:54 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Harsh 'Shandilya Cc: Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@gmail.com>, stable@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] block: don't use blocking queue entered for recursive bio submits Message-ID: <20180704113154.GA30967@kroah.com> References: <20180703214453.GA12172@gmail.com> <20180704091644.GA25801@kroah.com> <20180704095506.GA846@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 04:29:09PM +0530, Harsh 'Shandilya wrote: > On 4 July 2018 3:25:06 PM IST, Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 11:44:53PM +0200, Alexandru Moise wrote: > >> > commit cd4a4ae4683dc2e09380118e205e057896dcda2b upstream. > >> > >> Who wrote this patch? Please keep the correct ownership of > >patches... > >> > >This is Jenses work, I have absolutely nothing to do with it. I just > >want > >to make sure it reaches 4.17, I tried my best to follow these > >guidelines: > > > >https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > > > >I assumed that the first Signed-off is implicitly the author of the > >patch. > >Is there something I am missing? Am I misinterpeting the stable kernel > >rules? > > If you use git format-patch and git send-email for your patches, > they'll come out looking like > https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg236090.html, which appears to > be the proper format since Greg applied those patches without pointing > out any flaws in the format. That is correct, you need the first line that says "From:" to show that the patch comes from someone other than you. Please fix that up and resend. thanks, greg k-h