linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH] [stable-37] ideapad: read brightness setting when have brightness key notify

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Message-ID: <20110307161805.GB9088@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 08:18:05 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>
Cc:	stable@...nel.org, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] [stable-37] ideapad: read brightness setting
 when have brightness key notify

On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 06:35:25PM +0800, Ike Panhc wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25922
> 
> On ideapad Y530, the brightness key notify will be blocked if the last notify
> is not responsed by getting the brightness value. Read value when we get the
> notify shall fix the problem and will not have any difference on other ideapads.
> 
> This patch is made against 2.6.37.y and this bug impacts kernel after 2.6.37.
> 
> The equivalent-fix patch is not in upstream yet. Since the policy of stable tree
> is changed and .38 kernel is going to finalize.

What "policy of the stable tree is changed"?  Huh?

> I think to post this patch for stable kernel now should be a good
> idea.

Have you not read the Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt and seen
that this is totally and completly not allowed?  Why is it suddenly not
true?

confused,

greg k-h
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