netdev - Re: [STABLE REQUEST] Merge to linux-3.4.y net: Downgrade CAP_SYS_MODULE deprecated message from error to warning.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:37:35 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Vinson Lee <vlee@...tter.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl, jpirko@...hat.com, therbert@...gle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [STABLE REQUEST] Merge to linux-3.4.y net: Downgrade
 CAP_SYS_MODULE deprecated message from error to warning.

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 03:29:44PM -0800, Vinson Lee wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I would like to nominate commit
> 7cecb523adedcaf8acba5e14d47559d8bc3f40d7 for backport to stable
> branches 3.4 and earlier.
> 
> commit 7cecb523adedcaf8acba5e14d47559d8bc3f40d7
> Author: Vinson Lee <vlee@...tter.com>
> Date:   Wed Jun 27 14:32:07 2012 +0000
> 
>     net: Downgrade CAP_SYS_MODULE deprecated message from error to warning.
> 
>     Make logging level consistent with other deprecation messages in net
>     subsystem.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Vinson Lee <vlee@...tter.com>
>     Cc: David Mackey <tdmackey@...tter.com>
>     Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

I fail to see how this patch meets the rules described in
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.  What am I missing?

thanks,

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html