linux-kernel - Re: Stable backport of cifs nlink workaround?

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Message-ID: <20140225161156.GA27235@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:11:56 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jim McDonough <jmcd@...ba.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	David Disseldorp <ddiss@...ba.org>,
	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Stable backport of cifs nlink workaround?

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 03:24:43PM +0000, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any chance that 74d290da476f672ad756634d12aa707375d3564d
> ([CIFS] Provide sane values for nlink) could be backported to the stable
> 3.2 kernel?

Why just 3.2?  What's wrong with all of the other kernels before 3.12
that do not have this patch in it?

thanks,

greg k-h
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