linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: fix hang on ata passthrough commands

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:50:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Joe Korty <joe.korty@...r.com>
Cc:     James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey2805@...il.com>,
        Suganath Prabu S <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com>,
        Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
        Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Stable Mailing List <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: fix hang on ata passthrough commands

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On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:16:47AM -0400, Joe Korty wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> This patch is not yet in 4.4.

What patch is that?  I can't find a git commit id here at all :(

> It is in 4.9 and upstream.  No one has submitted it to you before this
> email.  I only discovered the need for it because lockdep complains
> when it is missing.  I do not know how it was missed; perhaps there is
> a reason rather than it being missed by accident. Others in the know
> can comment if they like.

You need to say what you want to have happen for a stable patch, you did
read Documenation/stable_kernel_rules.txt, right?

still confused,

greg k-h