linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/7] Intel pci: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 17:59:11 +0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Habeck <habeck@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/7] Intel pci: Check for identity mapping
 candidate using system dma mask

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:42:09AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 05:30:42AM -0400, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > <formletter>
> > > 
> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the 
> > > stable kernel tree.  Please read 
> > > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.
> > > 
> > > </formletter>
> > > 
> > > I'll not send this out for the other 6 patches that also do not 
> > > follow the proper format, as I'm sure you would get bored reading 
> > > them.
> > 
> > None of these patches exist upstream yet so it will take some time 
> > until any of this can touch -stable. You can ignore it safely for 
> > now.
> > 
> > Mike: please add proposed stable Cc: tags in the patch only, never 
> > send it out to the stable email address itself!!
> 
> Well, with the Cc: tag git-send-email will Cc it automatically if not
> done by the user explicitly.

And that's fine, I don't object to that at all, and it makes life easier
for me as I know it is coming eventually, and I try to watch out for it
in case the subsystem maintainer forgets to apply it.

It's when the Cc: in the signed-off-area is not there that my
form-letter kicks in to advise people that they are doing something
wrong and that their patch will not get applied to the stable tree this
way.

thanks,

greg k-h
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