linux-kernel - Re: still nfs problems [Was: Linux 2.6.37-rc8]

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:34:49 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <m.kleine-budde@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: still nfs problems [Was: Linux 2.6.37-rc8]

2011/1/10 Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>:
>
> I usually do this, but there is a slight problem with that approach:
> Greg gets to do all the work of figuring out to which stable kernels
> this particular patch applies. In this case, since we're only talking
> about the 2.6.37 kernel, I prefer to use the mailing lists.

Just do

  Cc: stable@...nel.org  [2.6.37]

or similar. It's quite common.

So EVEN IF you want to email people around about the patch separately,
do add the "Cc: stable" marker. It's worthwhile information about the
patch for everybody involved.

                     Linus
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