From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-dm3nam03on0068.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([104.47.41.68]:20112 "EHLO NAM03-DM3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750878AbdGGNMW (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2017 09:12:22 -0400 Subject: Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] crypto: ccp - Add a module author" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree? To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, stable@vger.kernel.org References: <1499416158158134@kroah.com> From: Gary R Hook Message-ID: <2e0d708f-8a0d-8364-8595-338f342900a7@amd.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 08:11:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1499416158158134@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 07/07/2017 03:29 AM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree. > > I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at > Documentation/process/stable_kernel_rules.rst. This should never have been submitted to stable. My apologies. Please delete all of the versions of this patch. > I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to > and let me know why this patch should be > applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be > seen again. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ > > From ac50b78b22cddb8a85b264b1f172c4239e826fd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Gary R Hook > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:59:44 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - Add a module author > > CC: # 4.9.x+ > > Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu > > diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c > index 92d1c6959f08..b7504562715c 100644 > --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c > +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-dev.c > @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ > #include "ccp-dev.h" > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Lendacky "); > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Gary R Hook "); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_VERSION("1.0.0"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor driver"); >