linux-kernel - Re: version 3.18.44 to 3.18.45 introduced a bug in "drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:47:33 -0800
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Dashi DS1 Cao <caods1@...ovo.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: Re: version 3.18.44 to 3.18.45 introduced a bug in
 "drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c"

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:43:41AM -0800, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-12-13 at 08:33 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 12/13/16 08:30, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > I don't maintain 3.18-stable :)
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks. My bad.
> > 
> > adding Sasha.
> 
> This was all covered here:
> 
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg150608.html
> 
> How did it get missed, and what should the process be?

I don't know how that got missed, did the "fixup" patch never make it
into 3.18-stable?  I know Sasha has been slow on that kernel, and it's
about to go end-of-life, so perhaps he's just releasing them on a slower
cycle at the moment...

thanks,

greg k-h