linux-kernel - Re: [stable] dm-crypt: plain64 IV support for -stable?

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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:28:18 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] dm-crypt: plain64 IV support for -stable?

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 02:32:26PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:25:11AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Would it be possible to add commit 61afef614b013ee1b767cdd10325acae1db1f4d2
> > "dm crypt: add plain64 iv" to -stable?
>  
> I've no objections - it's a simple and safe patch - but technically it's
> an enhancement: it's up to the stable maintainers to decide.

Yeah, I don't think it falls under the -stable rules, so sorry, I will
not take it.

thanks,

greg k-h
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