linux-kernel - Re: [ 00/46] 3.5.3-stable review

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Message-ID: <20120820150130.GD1411@fieldses.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:01:31 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Holger Hoffstaette <holger.hoffstaette@...glemail.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ 00/46] 3.5.3-stable review

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 07:46:13AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:26:25AM +0200, Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> > (CC: J. Bruce Fields)
> > 
> > Greg,
> > 
> > it looks like a fix for a regression in NFS is not mentioned in this
> > patch even though it was supposedly sent to -stable:
> > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1208.2/00594.html
> > 
> > I tried to locate the patch in git but could not find it anywhere. As far
> > as I can tell the fix works; in my case I noticed repeatable hangs when
> > trying to "move files to the trash" in XFCE and these hangs are now gone.
> > Have not noticed any negative side effects either.
> 
> Is the patch you reference above in Linus's tree?  That is a requirement
> before I can accept it into a stable release (please read
> Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for the details.)

Right, Holger, the way this works is I queue these things up for Linus
but don't necessarily submit them right away.  Bug me (not Greg) if I
haven't done that in a couple days.

--b.
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