linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 102/496] drm/exynos: g2d: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in two functions

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 09:02:11 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Inki Dae <inki.dae@...sung.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 102/496] drm/exynos: g2d: Delete an error message
 for a failed memory allocation in two functions

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 08:24:03AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-05-28 at 11:58 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 
> I still wonder why any Markus Elfring patch should
> be applied to a stable branch.
> 
> The only reason I could believe is it would make
> forward porting of an actually useful fix easier.
> 
> Does this?

You are correct, it does not look like that at all.  I'll go drop it
from all of the stable queues.

thanks,

greg k-h