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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:50:47 +0200 From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com> To: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Linux USB Mailing List <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] xhci-ring: Fix Null pointer dereference Hello On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com> wrote: > On 08/27/2014 07:10 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote: >> Perhaps we could apply both patches to current tree and backport mine >> to older kernels? >> > > The already applied patch fixes many other issues than just this one. > backporting it to stable < 3.13 turned out to not be that difficult, stable maintainers > said they can do it themselves. then I agree, there is absolutely no need for my patch :). I have a broken gadget driver that was very good at triggering the bug, I will try it out with your patch. Thanks! > > Stable kernels prefer patches that are already upstream, as Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt states: > "- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream)." > > There is no need for the other patch anymore, not upstream nor to stable > > -Mathias > -- Ricardo Ribalda -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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