linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH v2 0/4] PCI: allocate space top-down, not bottom-up

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Date:	Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:29:51 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Brian Bloniarz <phunge0@...mail.com>,
	Charles Butterfield <charles.butterfield@...tcentury.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stefan Becker <chemobejk@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH v2 0/4] PCI: allocate space top-down, not
	bottom-up

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:30:11AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:40:20PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 04:41:39PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > Added cc: stable@...nel.org
> > > See:
> > >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189182/
> > >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189232/
> > >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189242/
> > >   https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/189252/
> > 
> > Um, why would -stable want them if they aren't in Linus's tree yet?
> > Please, when they are in his tree, _AND_ have gotten a lot of testing,
> > then email the git commit ids of what you want added to the stable tree
> > to stable@...nel.org.
> > 
> > Doing it beforehand like this is a sure way to cause me a lot of work
> > and the patches to be lost.
> 
> Oops, sorry, I'm inexperienced in the ways of -stable.  Akpm reminded me tocc:
> stable, and I thought he meant now, but he probably meant later.  I'll put it
> on my list for later.

Please read the file, Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to
get stuff into the stable tree.

thanks,

greg k-h
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