linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 0/2] 4.4.26-stable review

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:34:02 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, shuah.kh@...sung.com, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 0/2] 4.4.26-stable review

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 08:52:55PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 20:30 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.26 release.
> > There are 2 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> 
> Did I botch my attempt at a backport of "lightnvm: ensure that
> nvm_dev_ops can be used without CONFIG_NVM" to v4.4.y (see
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<1476477349-28155-1-git-send-email-pebolle@ti
> scali.nl> ) sufficiently for it to be dropped?

It's in good company, sitting along with 250+ other patches I have yet
to work through to apply to the stable kernels.  For various reasons I
needed to get a round of stable kernels out sooner, which is why it
isn't in there.  Don't worry, it's not lost, it will get handled
eventually...

thanks,

greg k-h