On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 20:53 +1100, paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote: > Dear Minchan, > > > So what's the effect for user? > > ... > > It seems you saw old kernel. > > ... > > Current kernel includes ... > > So I think we don't need this patch. > > As I understand now, my patch is "right" and needed for older kernels; > for newer kernels, the issue has been fixed in equivalent ways; it was > an oversight that the change was not backported; and any justification > you need, you can get from those "later better" patches. [...] If you can identify where it was fixed then your patch for older versions should go to stable with a reference to the upstream fix (see Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy? A. I don't know and I couldn't care less.
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