linux-kernel - Re: [3.16 stable PATCH 0/2] virtio-rng: two backports to fix stuck

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Message-ID: <20141105161416.GB19104@air.nay.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Nov 2014 00:14:16 +0800
From:	Amos Kong <akong@...hat.com>
To:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, amit.shah@...hat.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [3.16 stable PATCH 0/2] virtio-rng: two backports to fix stuck

On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 04:02:49PM +0000, Luis Henriques wrote:
> Hi Amos
> 
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 12:32:27PM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 06:51:47AM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> > > I received two mails about faile to apply patches to 3.16-stable tree:
> > > 
> > > FAILED: patch "[PATCH] virtio-rng: skip reading when we start to remove the device" failed to apply to 3.16-stable tree
> > > FAILED: patch "[PATCH] virtio-rng: fix stuck of hot-unplugging busy device" failed to apply to 3.16-stable tree
> > > 
> > > Amit already backported two patches for 3.16-stable, then cherry-pick
> > > of my two patches works.
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > Ping Greg, thanks.
> >  
> 
> I'm now doing the extended stable maintenance of the 3.16 kernel, as
> Greg has EOL'ed it.
> 
> Anyway, I will be queuing these 2 patches for the extended 3.16
> kernel.  Thank you!

Thanks a lot!
 
> Cheers,
> --
> Luís
> 
> > > Amos Kong (2):
> > >   virtio-rng: fix stuck of hot-unplugging busy device
> > >   virtio-rng: skip reading when we start to remove the device
> > > 
> > >  drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c | 7 +++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

-- 
			Amos.

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