linux-kernel - Re: Add "x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE" to the v4.4.y stable tree?

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:21:41 +0200
From:   Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Add "x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE" to the
 v4.4.y stable tree?

On Fri, 2016-10-14 at 16:08 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> Did you apply that patch and it worked properly for you?  If so, yes,
> I'll be glad to queue it up.

Yes I did and it did.

But I do find this commit as magical as they can get so I'd hoped that
hjl would speak up. But if my word is enough for you, then feel free to
queue it up.

> Also, stable questions/issues should be cc:ed to stable@...r.kernel.org.

Sorry about that. I've received one too many of your formletters, so
now I try to avoid stable@...r.kernel.org as much as I can.

Thanks,

Paul Bolle